Issuing authority - Date

Mint
Amathous
King
Mo(-)
Date
450 - 430 BC

Provenance

Museum
Athens, Numismatic Museum
Museum ID
ΒΠ 1989 - 1

Physical Description

Material
Silver
Denomination
Hemiecte
Weight
0.85 g.
Weight standard
Rhodian or Chian
Die Axis
6 h
Diameter
9.0 mm

Typological Description

Obverse

Obverse type
Lion lying r.
Obverse script
Cypriot Syllabic
Obverse inscription
𐠗 : mo

Reverse

Reverse type
Lion forepart r.

Reference

Published in
Destrooper-Georgiades 1981, p. 200, no 1, pl. 85 = Amandry 1997, p. 38, no D,b

Entry date: 03/11/2014, Entry by: P. Papadopoulou, Update date: 10/14/2020, Updated by: E. Markou


Relevant Bibliographical References from Kyprios Character bibliographical database

Destrooper-Georgiades, A. 1981 (1989): “Les monnaies chypriotes dans la collection d'Adonis Kyrou”, Αρχαιολογικόν Δελτίον 36: 199-208.

 

 

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