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Ancient Coinage of Cyprus


[Dressel 134]

Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean

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BMC 42Uncertain mint of Cyprus (or Caria?) AR Hemiobol (.39g). ca 450 BCs. Ram's head right / Young male head right. TextImage
Cox_128Cyprus AE16, Ptolemy IX or Ptolemaeus (?), ca 81-58 BC. Nea Paphos mint?. Head of Zeus right. / Zeus standing, holding torch and staff, star above. BMC-; Svor.-.; SNG Cop.- ; Cox, Excavations at Curium, 128; Lichochka, Un type de Zeus sur les monnaies hellenistiques de Nea paphos, 5-6. TextObvRev
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Dressel_134CYPRUS. Uncertain mint. Ca. 500-480 BC. Silver stater (9.89 gm). Bull kneeling left, solar symbol above / Incuse square with irregular surface. TextImage
RPC_3916Cyprus Æ17. Time of Augustus, ca 25 BC. Capricorn right, star above / scorpion. TextObvRev
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SNGCop 367UNCERTAIN ISSUE OF CYPRUS OR ASIA MINOR . c 5th Century BC. Silver Hemidrachma, 10mm (1.74 gm). O: Ram's head, l. R: Facing head of gorgoneion. TextObvRev
diobolCyprus, Uncertain Mint (Tamasos?) AR Diobol. ca 550 BC. Bearded head left / Incuse. NISC. TextObvRev
hemiobolCyprus, (Kourion?) AR Hemiobol (0.34g). ca 525 BC. Male head left / Incuse. TextObvRev
Sear #3588Salamis, Cyprus, AR 1/3rd stater. ca 525-520 BC. Ram reclining left. / Smooth. BMC 5. TextObvRev
Sear #3589Salamis, Cyprus, AR 1/6 stater. 520-500 BC, Ram lying left. / Blank.. BMC 7. TextObvRev

Antoninus Pius
- AE30_SNGCop_85

Antoninus & Marcus Aurelius, Cyprus AE28. AVT K T AIL ADP ANTWNINOC CЄB Є, laureate head right / M AVPHLIOC KAICAP VIOC CЄBAC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right.TextImage
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- AE32_BMC_42cf

Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, Æ 32mm of Cyprus. ca 141-161 AD. Laureate head of Pius right / M AVPELIOC KAICAP VIOC CEBA[C], bare-headed & cuirassed bust of Aurelius right. SNG Cop 88cf.TextImage

- SGI 1523

Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius AE32 of Cyprus. AVT K T AIL ADR ANTWNINOC CEB E, laureate head of Pius right / M AVPHLIOC KAICAP VIOC CEBAC, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust of Aurelius right. SNG Cop 87.TextImage
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- AE35_BMC_44v

Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius Caesar, Æ35 of Cyprus. AVT K T AIL ADP ANTWNINOC CЄB Є, laureate head right / M AVPHLIOC KAICAP VIOC CЄBAC, laureate, draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right.TextObvRev

Caracalla
- AE30_Lindgren_1664A

Caracalla & Geta, Æ30 of Cyprus Mint. Laureate, draped and cuirassed right / Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.TextObvRev

- AE31_BMC_63

Caracalla Æ 31mm of Cyprus. Radiate, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right / KOIN-ON KVPRIWN, temple of Aphrodite Paphios with three bays, each surmounted by dove; in central bay, conical stone surmounted by ornate top & flanked by stars; semi-circular forecourt. SNG Cop 92v.TextImage

- AE33_BMC_60

Caracalla AE33mm of Cyprus. Laureate bust right / elaborate Temple of Aphrodite of Paphos. TextImage

- AR4Drachm_Prieur_1578

Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Cyprus. Laureate head right / DHMRC EX VPATOC TO D, eagle standing facing on grain ear, head left, wreath in beak.TextImage

- AR4dr_Bellinger_382

Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Cyprus. AVT KAI ANTWNINOC CE, laureate head right / DEMARC EX UPATOC TOD, eagle standing facing on grain ear, wings spread, head left with wreath in its beak. Prieur 1578.TextImage
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Marcus Aurelius
- AE25

Marcus Aurelius Æ24 (as), possibly of Cyprus. AVT K M AVP ANTWNINOC CEB Laureate head right / OMONOIA CEBACTWN Aurelius and Verus standing facing, clasping hands, S C at sides.TextObvRev

- AE35_BMC_44v

Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius Caesar Æ35, Laureate head right. / Weak Greek legend. Bare-headed and draped bust right.TextObvRev

Trajan
- AEDrachm

Trajan provincial Æ Sestertius or Drachm of Cyprus. Laureate draped bust right / Zeus Salamus standing. TextObvRev
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See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Cyprus
Search for Cyprus at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Cyprus on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Cyprus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Search for Cyprus at AncientImports.com
Search for Cyprus at Incitatus Coins

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