Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Kition
- King
- Baalmilk I
- Date
- 475 - 450 BC
Provenance
- Museum
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
- Museum ID
- Babelon 655
- Museum Link
- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8535027b
Physical Description
- Material
- Silver
- Denomination
- 1/12 of a siglos
- Weight
- 0.77 g.
- Weight standard
- Local (Cypriot)
- Die Axis
- 10 h
- Diameter
- 10.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Heracles advancing r. holding club and bow
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Lion seated r.
- Reverse script
- Phoenician
- Reverse inscription
- 𐤁𐤋 : bl
Reference
- Published in
- Babelon , Perses, 655
Entry date: 11/24/2015, Entry by: E. Markou, Update date: 10/14/2020, Updated by: E. Markou
Relevant Bibliographical References from Kyprios Character bibliographical database
Babelon, E. 1893: Catalogue des monnaies grecques de la Bibliothèque Nationale: les Perses Achéménides, les satrapes et les dynastes tributaires de leur empire: Cypre et la Phénicie , Paris.
