CYPRUS, Kition. Melekiathon. Circa 392-362/1 BC. AV Hemistater (13mm, 4.12 g, 5h). Herakles, nude, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand and bow in extended left hand, lion skin draped over arm; ankh to right / Lion right, biting into the back of a stag couchant right; [L M]LK MLKY[TN] ( = “of king Melekiathon” in Aramaic) above; all in dotted square border. Markou, L'or 12–6 var. (unlisted dies); Zapiti & Michaelidou 23; Tziambazis 29; CNG 126, lot 293 (same dies). Struck with worn dies. Good VF. Very rare.
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