Details
LOT 2967
Cyprus. Paphos, Stasandros AR Stater. Second half 5th century BC.
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; Zapiti & Michaelidou 7; Tziambazis 7. Near Extremely Fine.(11.08gr, 22mm, 9h.).
Provenance
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXII, 7 October 2021, lot 397.
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