Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Uncertain Cypriot mint
- King
- Uncertain king of Cyprus (archaic period)
- Date
- -
Provenance
- Museum
- Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Museum ID
- 1852/9926
- Museum Link
- http://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18217641
Physical Description
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Siglos
- Weight
- 10.08 g.
- Weight standard
- local (cypriot)
- Die Axis
- 12 h
- Diameter
- 23.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Lion’s head r. with open jaws
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Gorgoneion
- Reverse script
- Cypriot syllabic
- Reverse inscription
- 𐠀 : a
Reference
- Reference
- Friedländer - von Sallet Nr. 837 (dieses Stück); J. P. Six, Monnaies Grecques, inédites et incertaines, Numismatic Chronicle 1897, 209 Nr. 7 (dieses Stück, Golgoi zugewiesen); BMC Cyprus CXVI-CXVII Taf. 25,12 (dieses Stück); B. Weisser, Archaische und Klassische Münzen, in: S. Brehme u. a. (Hrsg.), Antike Kunst aus Zypern (2002) 190-191 Nr. 210 (dieses Stück).
Entry date: 09/11/2014, 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.
Six, J.P. 1883: “Du classement des séries chypriotes”, Revue numismatique 3rd series, 1: 279-374.
