Gold coin
Description: | 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) |
Period: | Classical |
Date: | 391 - 380 BC |
Collection: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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. |
Accession Number: | 74.51.3668 |