bgr_764585 - CYPRUS - PAPHOS Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 450-440 AC.
Mint name / Town : Paphos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très bel aigle au revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse description : Taureau debout à gauche ; ankh devant le poitrail de l’animal ; au-dessus, symbole solaire .
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE SYLLABAIRE CHYPRIOTE ([BA]-SIL-LE-WO-SE/ PU-NU-TO-WO-SE).
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche les ailes repliées ; dans le champ à gauche, ankh et une branche d’olibier à droite .
Historical background
CYPRUS - PAPHOS
(5th century BC)
Pnytos - King
Paphos, a coastal town located in the southwest of the island of Cyprus was of Phoenician origin and was above all the center of the cult of Aphrodite on the island of Cyprus under the name of Koulia (archaic and classical Paphos). We have very little information about the Cypriot monarchs who ruled Paphos between the Persian Wars and Stasandros, the first reported king in the mid-5th century BCE..
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