Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Idalion
- King
- Gras or Gra(-)
- Date
- 470+ BC -
Provenance
- Museum
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
- Museum ID
- Babelon 726
- Museum Link
- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8535066f
Physical Description
- Material
- Silver
- Denomination
- Siglos
- Weight
- 11.16 g.
- Weight standard
- Local (Cypriot)
- Die Axis
- 9 h
- Diameter
- 25.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Sphinx seated l., raising r. foreleg on an inversed lotus flower
- Obverse script
- Cypriot syllabic
- Obverse inscription
- 𐠞/𐠊 𐠣 : pa/ ka-ra
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Lotus flower on two spiral tendrils; astragalos, r. ; ivy leaf l. in incuse circle
Reference
- Published in
- Babelon, Perses, 726
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.
