TYPE Ancient Greece, Kition (Cyprus), late 4th c. BC, bronze AE12, 1.45g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Lion reclining left (crowded to top of flan; apparently within border of dots), uncertain legend below (KIT. ?)
Rev: Horse grazing left, 'ankh' above
REFERENCE: SG-, LK-, L3-
GRADING: AF / AVF, rough dark patina, very scarce
ORDER INFO: G1622, $70
This important city, home of the founder of Stoic philosophy - the famous Zeno, issued coinage from the 5th c., BC, but this was largely silver coinage under local dynasts, with Aramaic legends. Rare and intriguing.