Aristo.. (?), late V century. Siglos late V century BC, AR 10.86 g. ari si to in Cypriot characters. Bull standing l.; above, solar disk and in l. field, ankh. Rev. Eagle flying l.; all within incuse square. Traité II 1311 and pl. CXXXIV, 25 var. (only ari on obverse). BMC 40 and pl. VIII, 2 (these dies). Weber 7709 (these dies). Tziambazis 79 var. (only ari on obverse). Seltman, Some Cypriot coins in NC 1964, 77 ff (Soloi). SNG Copenhagen –. SilCoinCy –.
Extremely rare. Lovely old cabinet tone. A weight adjustment on the edge of flan at five
o’clock on obverse, otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Hess-Leu 24, 1964, 227 and Hess-Leu 45, 1970, 330 sales.
Price realized | 8'000 CHF |
Starting price | 6'000 CHF |
Estimate | 7'500 CHF |