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LOT 3264
Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II.
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