Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 465-430 BC. Helmeted, nude hoplite advancing to right, holding shield and spear; tortoise between legs / Triskeles; EΣ and tortoise above; below, lion leaping to left; all within incuse square. SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock 4484; SNG Copenhagen -; Roma E-LIVE 4, 337. 11.04g, 20mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine; a rare and interesting overstrike.
From the inventory of a German dealer.
The clear outline of the roaring lion's head seen on early 5th century BC staters of Soloi, Cyprus (cf. CNG 111, lot 304) is discernible at 7h under the obverse type of this piece.