CYPRUS, Kition. Baalmelek II. Circa 425/0-400 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.09 g, 9h). Herakles, nude but for lion skin tied around neck, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand and bow in extended left hand; ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right; [L] B’LM[LK] (= “of king Baalmelek” in Aramaic) above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 12; Tziambazis 19. In NGC encapsulation 6327036-007, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5, flan flaw. An attractive example of the type.
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