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Ancient Coins of Cyprus

Hunter-gatherers were active on Cyprus from around 10,000 B.C. and settled village communities date from 8200 B.C. Water wells found in Cyprus are among the oldest in the world, about 10,000 years old. Mycenaean Greek traders started visiting Cyprus around 1400 B.C. A major wave of Greek settlement followed the collapse of Mycenaean Greece, from 1100 to 1050 B.C. The island's predominantly Greek character dates from this period. In Greek Mythology, Cyprus is the birthplace of Aphrodite and Adonis, and home to King Cinyras, Teucer and Pygmalion. Cyprus also had an early Phoenician presence. Kition was under Tyrian rule at the beginning of the 10th century B.C. Assyria ruled the island for a century from 708 B.C., before a brief spell under Egyptian rule and eventually Persian rule in 545 B.C. The Cypriots joined their fellow Greeks in the Ionian cities during the unsuccessful Ionian Revolt against the Persian Empire in 499 B.C. The revolt was suppressed, but Cyprus managed to maintain a high degree of autonomy and remained inclined towards the Greek world. Alexander the Great took Cyprus in 333 B.C. Following his death, Cyprus became part of Ptolemaic Egypt. It was during this period that the island was fully Hellenized.

Augustus, 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D., Paphos, Cyprus

|Cyprus|, |Augustus,| |16| |January| |27| |B.C.| |-| |19| |August| |14| |A.D.,| |Paphos,| |Cyprus||hemiobol|
The 1.2 mm high gray-green conical stone, which once stood at the center of the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Paphos, was found by archaeologists near the temple and is now in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia. It is not a meteorite.

Ritual prostitution seems to have been a significant part of the cult of Aphrodite at Paphos. It was said that every young maiden went once in her lifetime to the sanctuary to make love with a stranger. The man chose his maiden, and threw some money at her feet (the sum was unimportant) and pronounced the formula, "I invoke the goddess upon you." Beautiful maidens were able to fulfill their duty quickly, while the ugly had to wait sometimes as long as four years to get it over with.
ME113245. Bronze hemiobol, RPC Online I 3906; SNG Cop 69; BMC Cyprus, p. 73, 2; Mionnet III p. 671, 2; Waddington 4845; AMC I 727; Grant FITA 143; Amandry Cyprus 2a, aVF, dark patina, highlighting red earthen deposits, obv. edge beveled, weight 4.153 g, maximum diameter 17.2 mm, die axis 0o, Paphos mint, c. 21 - 20 B.C.; obverse DIVI F IMP CAESAR, head of Augustus right; reverse A PLAVTIVS PRO COS, temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, containing a conical xoanon within, and a semicircular entry courtyard; $120.00 (€112.80)
 


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 - 145 B.C.

|Ptolemaic| |Egypt|, |Ptolemaic| |Kingdom| |of| |Egypt,| |Ptolemy| |VI| |Philometor,| |180| |-| |145| |B.C.||drachm|
The letters EYΛ are the first letters of Eulaios, regent with Lenaios during part of the minority of Ptolemy VI.
GB113833. Bronze drachm, Svoronos 1396; Weiser 151; SNG Cop 293; BMC Ptolemies p. 80, 16; Hosking 88; Hazzard C1108; SNG Milan -; Noeske -, aVF, well centered, crackled patina, scratches, weight 20.728 g, maximum diameter 28.3 mm, die axis 0o, Cypriot mint, c. 174 - 171 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing on thunderbolt left, transverse scepter under wing; lotus left, ΕYΛ between legs; $110.00 (€103.40)
 


Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Kition, Cyprus

|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |the| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.,| |Kition,| |Cyprus||quarter| |unit|
Kition, also known by its Latin name Citium, was a city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus (present-day Larnaca). According to local tradition, it was established in the 13th century B.C. by Greek (Achaean) settlers, after the Trojan war. Its most famous resident was Zeno of Citium, born c. 334 B.C. in Citium and founder of the Stoic school of philosophy which he taught in Athens from about 300 B.C.
GB111031. Bronze quarter unit, Price 3111A; cf. Tziambazis 6 (full unit); BMC Cyprus -, VF, glossy green patina, tight flan, weight 1.289 g, maximum diameter 11.4 mm, die axis 180o, Kition (Larnaca, Cyprus) mint, c. 325 - 320 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse bow and quiver on left, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward in center, knobby club with handle up on right, uncertain device outer left; very rare; $100.00 (€94.00)
 


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IX - Ptolemy XII, 99 - 58 B.C.

|Cyprus|, |Ptolemaic| |Kingdom| |of| |Egypt,| |Ptolemy| |IX| |-| |Ptolemy| |XII,| |99| |-| |58| |B.C.||dichalkon|
The Paphos II finds were excavated at the House of Dionysos in Paphos.
GB95763. Bronze dichalkon, Paphos II 383 - 385, otherwise unpublished, F, dark green patina with earthen highlighting, scratches, porosity, edge cracks, beveled obverse edge, sprue remnants, weight 2.044 g, maximum diameter 14.1 mm, die axis 0o, Cyprus, Paphos mint, 88 - 58 B.C.; obverse diademed and horned bust of Zeus Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), single cornucopia bound with fillet; ; rare; $70.00 (€65.80)
 


A Catalogue of the Coins of Cyprus (560 B.C. to 1571 A.D.)

|Greek| |Books|, |A| |Catalogue| |of| |the| |Coins| |of| |Cyprus| |(560| |B.C.| |to| |1571| |A.D.)|
A compilation of a large variety of Cypriot coins dating back to the archaic and classical city-kingdoms and progressing through Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Frankish and Venetian periods.
BK22336. A Catalogue of the Coins of Cyprus, Roman (560 B.C. to 1571 A.D.) by Elias Tziambazis, reverse Joe, I just searched the site for "Elias Tziambazis." None of these are listed. So please list this one? Thanks.; 2002, paperback, 89 pages, new, shelf age and wear; $26.00 (€24.44)
 


Macedonian Kingdom, Nikokreon, King of Salamis, Cyprus, c. 331 - 310 B.C., In the Name of Alexander the Great

|Cyprus|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Nikokreon,| |King| |of| |Salamis,| |Cyprus,| |c.| |331| |-| |310| |B.C.,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |Alexander| |the| |Great||stater|
Struck posthumously in the name of Alexander the Great, by Nikokreon, King of Salamis. Nikokreon succeeded his father, Pnytagoras, who had submitted to Alexander and personally participated in the siege of Tyre. Nikokreon visited Alexander at Tyre where he distinguished himself by furnishing magnificence theatrical exhibitions for the Emperor. After Alexander's death Nikokreon allied with Ptolemy against Antigonus and was rewarded by being placed in control of all Cyprus.
SH59888. Gold stater, Price 3149, Müller Alexander 632, SNG Cop -, VF, weight 8.554 g, maximum diameter 19.0 mm, die axis 0o, Cyprus, Salamis mint, c. 323 - 315 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right wearing earring, necklace, and crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled snake, hair in ringlets; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, wreath in right hand, stylus in left, rudder in left field; ex Ancient Art LTD; SOLD







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