Cyprus, Paphos AR Stater. Stasandros, circa 425 BC or later. Bull standing to left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue / Eagle standing to left; one-handled vase to left, 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around; all within dotted square in incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 15; Tziambazis 71; Traité II 1291 = BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 26; ACGC 1089. 11.07g, 24mm, 8h.
Good Extremely Fine. Very Rare, and among the finest known examples.
From a private European collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVII, 28 March 2019, lot 546 (hammered for £11,000);
Ex collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s, outside of Cyprus prior to December 1992.