Classical
Gold coin
1/20th stater. Minted at Salamis by king Euagoras I. Obv.: head of Herakles to r. wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev.: goat's head to r. Linear borders. Axis 12. Diameter: 3/16 × 1/16 in., 1.1g (0.5 × 0.1 cm, 1.1g)
Classification
- Object type
- Coin
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 391 - 380 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.3668
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3668, p. 398, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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