Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Idalion
- King
- Uncertain king of Idalion
- Date
- 500 - 480 BC
Provenance
- Museum
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
- Museum ID
- Babelon 725
- Museum Link
- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b85350636
Physical Description
- Material
- Silver
- Denomination
- Siglos
- Weight
- 10.77 g.
- Weight standard
- Local (Cypriot)
- Diameter
- 26.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Sphinx seated r., raising r. foreleg on an inverted lotus flower
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Incuse square
Reference
- Published in
- Babelon, Perses, 725
- Reference
- BMC, pl. V,2
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.
