Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Idalion
- King
- Gras or Gra(-)
- Date
- 470+ BC -
Provenance
- Museum
- Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Museum ID
- 1871 / 379
- Museum Link
- http://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18217906
Physical Description
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Siglos
- Weight
- 10.66 g.
- Weight standard
- local (cypriot)
- Die Axis
- 12 h
- Diameter
- 25.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Sphinx seated l., raising r. foreleg on an inversed lotus flower
- Obverse script
- Cypriot syllabic
- Obverse inscription
- 𐠞/𐠊 𐠣 : pa / ka-ra
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Lotus flower on two spiral tendrils; astragalos, r. ; ivy leaf l. in incuse circle
Reference
- Published in
- Lembke (2010), 234, n. 162
- Reference
- Six (1883), 316, no 5; Kraay (1976), 378, no 1098
Entry date: 09/10/2014, Entry by: E. Markou, Update date: 10/14/2020, Updated by: E. Markou
Relevant Bibliographical References from Kyprios Character bibliographical database
Hill, G.F. 1904: BMC Cyprus, A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Cyprus , London.
Kraay, C.M. 1976: Archaic and Classical Greek Coins , London.
Six, J.P. 1883: “Du classement des séries chypriotes”, Revue numismatique 3rd series, 1: 279-374.
