Issuing authority - Date
- Mint
- Amathous
- King
- Pyrwos
- Date
- c. 385 BC -
Provenance
- Museum
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
- Museum ID
- Babelon 730B
- Museum Link
- http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8535071r
Physical Description
- Material
- Silver
- Denomination
- Didrachm
- Weight
- 6.59 g.
- Weight standard
- Rhodian or Chian
- Die Axis
- 1 h
- Diameter
- 19.0 mm
Typological Description
Obverse
- Obverse type
- Lion lying r. with eagle above
- Obverse script
- Cypriot syllabic
Reverse
- Reverse type
- Lion forepart r.
- Reverse script
- Cypriot syllabic
Reference
- Published in
- Babelon 1893, no 730b = Amandry 1984, p. 71, no 128, 4 = Masson 1983, pl. XXX
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.
