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=18217647
Physical Description
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- 1/3 of a siglos
- Weight
- 2.12 g.
- Weight standard
- local (cypriot)
- Die Axis
- 1 h
- Diameter
- 15.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Sphinx seated l., raising r. foreleg on an inversed lotus flower
- Obverse script
- Cypriot syllabic
- Obverse inscription
- 𐠁 𐠭 𐠑 : e-ta-li
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Lotus flower on two spiral tendrils; ankh, r. ; ivy leaf l. in incuse circle
Reference
- Published in
- Six (1883), 317, no 7 (attributed to Stasikypros); BMC Cyprus, XLIX, no 1; Weisser (2002), 193, no 216
- Reference
- Masson, CCEC 25 (1996) p. 37
Entry date: 09/10/2014, Entry by: E. Markou, Update date: 10/14/2020, Updated by: E. Markou
