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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Cyprus| > GB95835
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Kition, Cyprus
|Cyprus|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |the| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.,| |Kition,| |Cyprus|, 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.
GB95835. Bronze quarter unit, Price 3111A, cf. Tziambazis 6 (full unit), BMC Cyprus -, VF, well centered, earthen deposits, porosity, Kition (Larnaca, Cyprus) mint, weight 1.743g, maximum diameter 11.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 325 - 320 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse bow left and upright quiver on left, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward in center, knobby club handle up on right; very rare; SOLD




  







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