Cyprus, Kition AR Stater. Azbaal, circa 449-425 BC. Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand; uncertain monogram between legs / Lion attacking stag crouching to right; L'ZB'L (in Aramaic and retrograde) above; all inside dotted border within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 9-10; Zapiti & Michaelidou 5-6; Tziambazis 17. 10.87g, 23mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine; overstruck. Rare with complete legend.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.