Issuing authority - Date

Mint
Paphos
King
Uncertain king of Paphos (archaic)
Date
525 BC - 480 BC

Provenance

Museum
Copenhagen, Royal Collection of the National Museum of Denmark
Museum ID
KP 1466.7

Physical Description

Material
Silver
Denomination
siglos
Weight
0.92 g.
Die Axis
9 h
Diameter
20.0 mm

Typological Description

Obverse

Obverse type
Bull standing l.
Obverse script
Cypriot syllabic
Obverse inscription
𐠢 ? : pu ?

Reverse

Reverse type
Eagle’s head l. in incuse square; below, guilloche pattern

Reference

Published in
SNG Cop. Cyprus, no. 25
Reference
NC 1871, p. 15 ; BMC, VII, 9

Entry date: , Entry by: E. Markou, Update date: 10/14/2020, Updated by: E. Markou


Relevant Bibliographical References from Kyprios Character bibliographical database

Lang, R.H. 1871: “On coins discovered during recent excavations in the island of Cyprus”, The Numismatic Chronicle 2nd series, 11: 1-18.

Hill, G.F. 1904: BMC Cyprus, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Cyprus , London.

1956: SNG Copenhague, Cyprus-Cappadocia , Copenhagen.

 

 

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