Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Idalion
- King
- Uncertain king of Idalion
- Date
- 500 - 480 BC
Provenance
- Museum
- Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Museum ID
- 1873 Fox
- Museum Link
- http://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18217980
Physical Description
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- siglos
- Weight
- 10.78 g.
- Weight standard
- local (cypriot)
- Diameter
- 24.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Sphinx seated r., raising r. foreleg on an inverted lotus flower
- Obverse symbol
- rosace
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Irregular incuse square
Reference
- Published in
- Lembke, Zypern. Insel der Aphrodite (2010), 56, no 12
- Reference
- BMC Cyprus, 24, nr. 2-3
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.
