Lapethos (BC 6th-5th cent) Stater

Late 6th-early 5th cent BC. AR Stater - Double Siglos (10.82g, 6h). Wounded giant kneeling left / Herakles running right, wearing lion skin, holding club, bow, and arrows, within dotted border; all in incuse square. Fine, toned, two test cuts. Extremely rare, apparently the 5th known.

The first two examples of this type were found in the Larnaca Hoard (IGCH 1272), followed by the example found in the Persepolis deposit (IGCH 1789). These three are all in museum collections. The current location of the Rosen coin is uncertain (it was not included in the portion of his collection sold in Muenzen und Medaillen 72).

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Filename:	720851.jpg
City/Mint name:	Lapethos
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Keywords:	silver / archaic
References:	Kagan, Archaic pl. 7, D (same obv. die); Destrooper-Georgiades, Le tresor de Larnaca Rexamine (Cyprus 1984), pl. XXVIII, 12-13 = Robinson, Notes on the Larnaca Hoard, NC 1935, pl. 15, 6-7; Schmidt, Persepolis II (Chicago, 1957), 39; Rosen 748
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 72 (6/2006), lot 851 ($4,250 + comm)
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