411 BCE - 373 BCE"e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras" | "pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters
Overstriking coin
Salamis_over_Salamis_Italo_Vecchi,_16,_Oct._1999,_273.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Italo Vecchi, 16, Oct; 1999, 273
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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"e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras" (Cypriot) Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Linear border.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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"pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters (Cypriot) Goat lying right. Above, ear of grain. Linear border.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Salamis
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cyprus
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Evagoras I (king of Salamis, 411-374 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 411 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 373 BCE
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.5510.55 g <br />10,550 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 7
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 57, n° 55, pl. XI, n° 17, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 113 var., Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 7
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Ram lying left.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Ankh within incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Salamis
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Cyprus
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE
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Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Persian
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References
References
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
- a b Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- ^ Destrooper-Georgiades, A. (2013), "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes," in Demetrios Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, p. 9-40.
