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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 81

Cyprus (?), uncertain mint (c. 525-500 B.C.), AR Stater, 10.47g., lion's head left, rev., incuse square, roughly divided, but with a distinctive horizontal band (cf. Robinson, Revue Numismatique 1973, p. 235, pl. XXV, 8; Kagan, NC 1994, pp. 32-3), toned, good very fine, extremely rare Estimate £ 2,400-2,800 This interesting issue has been attributed to Lycia by Robinson, but recently Kagan has argued for an uncertain Cypriot mint. Illustrated on front cover

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£2,400