Kition (BC 361-312) AV 1/2 Stater - Pumiathon

Pumiathon, King of Kition, ca 361-312 BC. AV Hemistater (4.15g). Herakles advancing right, club in right hand, bow in left hand draped with lion's skin; ankh symbol to right / Lion attacking stag, in Cypriot 'mlk pmjtn' above; to right, date IIIIâˆ’ (= Year 14). EF. Very rare. Ex Berry and P.A. Coll.; MÃ¼nzen und Medaillen AG 586 (1995), 19; Numismatic Fine Arts (1987), 228 and Hess-Divo AG 307 (2007), 1294.

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Filename:	358024.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kition
Keywords:	gold / classical
References:	SNG Berry 1312 (this coin); A. Destropper - Georgiades, Le monnayage de Pumiathon, Actes du XIe CongrÃ¨s International de Numismatique, BrÃ¼ssel 1991 (1993), 258, 27 (this coin)
Valuation:	Hess Auc. 314 (5/2009), lot 1211 (CHF 8,000 ($6,800) + comm)
Photo courtesy of:	Hess Divo - www.hessdivo.com
Filesize:	186 KiB
Date added:	Nov 26, 2011
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