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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Greek Coins| ▸ |Geographic - All Periods| ▸ |Cyprus||View Options:   | | | 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. |
Lifetime issue with beautiful style. Born a leader, his genius and charisma led the Macedonian army to create an empire covering most of the then-known world, from Greece to India. His reign begins the Hellenistic Age, a time when civilization flourished. He was regarded as a god and his fame grew even greater after his premature death at thirty-two.SL114569. Gold stater, Price 3126, PELLA ANS 1949.151.2, PELLA British Museum 1878,0301.51, NGC VF, strike: 5/5, surface: 5/5 (6829837-001), weight 8.482 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, die axis 0o, Cyprus, Salamis mint, c. 332 - 323 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet; reverse Nike standing slightly left, head left, wings open, wreath in extended right hand, stylis (ship's mast) in left hand and arm, eagle on left standing left with wings closed (control symbol), AΛEΞANΔPOY downward on right; NGC| Lookup; very rare; SOLD
Cyprus, c. 480 B.C.
SH47893. Silver stater, cf. Bank of Cyprus p. 101, 1; BMC Cyprus p. 69, 2; SNG Cop 65; Weber 7740; Rosen 749; Boston MFA 2145 (all bull left); Tziambazis -, Pozzi -, et. al., aVF, weight 10.932 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 210o, uncertain mint, obverse lion crouching right on exergue line, Λ (Cypriot letter ko) in ex; reverse bull walking right, Λ (Cypriot letter ko) below, all within frame of pellets and incuse square; apparently unpublished; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI, 204 - 181 B.C.
Masterpiece portrait.SH26895. Silver tetradrachm, BMC Ptolemies -, SNG Cop -, gVF, weight 13.890 g, maximum diameter 26.2 mm, die axis 0o, Cyprus, Salamis mint, 177 - 176 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, owl in left field, LE (regnal year 5) over ΣA (Salamis mint, Cyprus) in right field; superb portrait, fantastic style, extremely rare, possibly unique; SOLD
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
Click the photo to see the larger photo, then...check out Zeus' toes!SH86207. Silver tetradrachm, Price 3107, Müller Alexander 1294, SNG Ashmolean 2914, EF, bold well centered strike, tight flan cutting off part of reverse inscription, light deposits,, weight 17.108 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 0o, Kition (Larnaca, Cyprus) mint, possible lifetime issue, c. 325 - 320 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, TK monogram left, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward on right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) below; SOLD
Paphos, Cyprus, c. 480 B.C.
SH80437. Silver stater, Weber 7701 var, F, weight 11.250 g, maximum diameter 20.3 mm, Paphos mint, c. 480 B.C.; obverse human headed bull (the Bokaros River) kneeling to right, head turned back; reverse astragalos, ivy leaf on right; SOLD
Diva Faustina and Galerius Antoninus, c. 147 A.D.
Galerius Antoninus was the second son of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, and he died young before his father's accession. This type is obviously a part of the massive commemorative issues struck by Antoninus after his wife died in 141. The mint is uncertain, traditionally being assigned to Cyprus, while Rome being another possibility based on the very fine style.RP30703. Bronze provincial dupondius, SGICV 1540, Cohen II 1-2, VF, weight 11.418 g, maximum diameter 28.0 mm, die axis 0o, uncertain mint, c. 147 A.D.; obverse ΘEA ΦAYCTEINA, veiled and draped bust right; reverse M ΓAΛEPIOC ANTWNINOC AYTOKPATOPOC ANTWNINOY YIOC, draped bust of Galerius Antonius left; rare; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), c. 170 - 164 B.C.
This owl appears on a handful of very rare Ptolemaic tetradrachm across three reigns. The Kition mint was closely associated with the Salamis mint, which also used this symbol in Year 5 of Ptolemy VI and VIII. The owl symbol faces left, different than the common owl right on coins of Athens or Lebedos.SH96119. Silver tetradrachm, Unpublished, cf. Svoronos 1353 (year 6), SNG Cop 588 (same), gVF, broad flan, toned, bumps, scratches, graffito on cheek, reverse double struck, weight 14.058 g, maximum diameter 28.3 mm, die axis 0o, Kition (Larnaca, Cyprus) mint, 166 - 165 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head left, wings closed, owl left with wings closed and head facing over LE (year 5) in left field, KI (Kition) in right field; extremely rare, possibly unique; Archaeological Center (Israel) auction 68 (12 Apr 2020), lot 2; SOLD
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Reign as King of Cyprus, 101 - 88 B.C.
Ptolemy IX Lathyros ("grass pea") was king of Egypt three times, 116 B.C. to 110 B.C., 109 B.C. to 107 B.C. and 88 B.C. to 81 B.C., with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander. When this coin was struck Ptolemy IX ruled in Cyprus and Ptolemy X in Egypt.
Serifs are unique to just a few rare Ptolemaic coins from this time period. Perhaps all are the work of a single engraver. Serifs also appear on a very rare Kition tetradrachm of this ruler. They appear on the K behind the head of Arsinoe II on the latest of the octadrachms. The heavy-set portrait compares well to MFA 59.51, and not so well to images of Ptolemy I. SH72904. Silver tetradrachm, apparently unpublished and unique!, VF, weight 13.234 g, maximum diameter 27.0 mm, die axis 0o, Paphos mint, as King of Cyprus, year 27, 91 - 90 B.C.; obverse diademed bust of Ptolemy IX right, wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on a thunderbolt, head left, wings closed, date LKZ (year 27) before, ΠA mint mark behind, all letters with serifs; ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, auction 303 (25 Sep 2014), lot 2880; SOLD
Cyprus, Red Polished Gourd Juglet, c. 2200 – 1750 B.C.
Red Polished Ware is a type of pottery from the Cypriot Bronze Age (2400 - 1600 B.C.), described as monochrome vessels with smooth surfaces, slipped in red or red-brown slips and burnished to a medium or high luster. Red Polished Ware includes a diverse range of vessel forms, including elaborate ritual vessels and zoomorphic shapes. Common decorations include incised motifs, relief decorations or mottled surfaces. Black rims and interiors to vessels were often created by use of specific and well-controlled firing techniques.AA43808. cf. CVA Online Austria IV p. 23, taf. 12, pl. 162, 2 (V 1089) (different patterns), Choice, small chip at rim repaired with tiny fragment missing, a few surface chips to body, wear to polish with small areas missing, c. 2200 – 1750 B.C.; buff clay, red slip burnished to luster, flared shallow funnel mouth, narrow tubular neck, handle from rim to shoulder with round cross section, piriform-spherical body with round bottom, neck and body decorated with white-filled incised geometric patters: horizontal bands, concentric circles, and herringbone, 13.8cm (5 3/8") tall, 9.0cm (3 1/2") diameter; SOLD
Kition, Cyprus, Ba'almelek II, c. 425 - 400 B.C.
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.SH49294. Silver stater, BMC Cyprus p. 14, 35, Weber 7691, SNG Cop -, gVF, weight 11.051 g, maximum diameter 20.0 mm, die axis 180o, Kition (Larnaca, Cyprus) mint, 425 - 400 B.C.; obverse Herakles advancing right, nude but for Nemean Lion's skin on his back with forelegs tied around neck, weilding club over head in right hand, bow in outstretched left hand, ankh (or similar) symbol in right field; reverse Lion attacking stag right, inscription above, all within dotted square and incuse square; SOLD
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