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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. TextClick Here
Cox 128 Cyprus 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. Text
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Dressel 134 CYPRUS. Uncertain mint. Ca. 500-480 BC. Silver stater (9.89 gm). Bull kneeling left, solar symbol above / Incuse square with irregular surface. TextFull Size
RPC 3916Cyprus AE17. Time of Augustus, ca 25 BC. Capricorn right, star above / scorpion. TextFull Size
SNGCop 367Uncertain Issue Of Cyprus Or Asia Minor. ca. 5th Century BC. Silver Hemidrachma, 10mm (1.74 gm). Ram's head left / Facing head of gorgoneion in incuse square. TextFull Size
ORC 6612Cyprus, (Kourion?) AR Hemiobol (0.34g). ca 525 BC. Male head left / Incuse. TextFull Size
ORC 6615Cyprus, Uncertain Mint (Tamasos?) AR Diobol. ca 550 BC. Bearded head left / Incuse. NISC. TextFull Size
Sear #3588Salamis, Cyprus, AR 1/3rd stater. ca 525-520 BC. Ram reclining left. / Smooth. BMC 5. TextReverse
Sear #3589Salamis, Cyprus, AR 1/6 stater. 520-500 BC, Ram lying left / Blank. BMC 7. TextObverse
CLAUDIUS
RPC 3927Claudius, AE35 of Koinon of Cyprus. AD 41-54. 26.37 g. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP, laureate head left / KOINON KUPRI/WN (all N retrograde) in three lines within laurel wreath. Parks issue 11a; BMC 14; RPC I 3927.TextFull Size
TRAJAN
BMC 40Trajan AE Sestertius or Drachm of Cyprus. AVTOKR KAIC NER TRAIANW ARISTW CEB GERM DAK, laureate draped bust right / DHMARC EXUPATOS KOINON KUPRIWN, Zeus Salaminios standing, holding patera, eagle on wrist, and sceptre. BMC 40. TextFull Size
ANTONINUS PIUS
BMC 42cfAntoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, AE 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
BMC 44vAntoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius Caesar, AE35 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. TextImageImage
SGI 1523Antoninus 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
SNGCop 85Antoninus & 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
MARCUS AURELIUS
BMC 42Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, AE 35mm 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
ORC 849Marcus Aurelius AE24 (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. TextFull Size
CARACALLA
Bellinger 382Caracalla 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
BMC 63Caracalla AE 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
BMC 60Caracalla AE33mm of Cyprus. Laureate bust right / elaborate Temple of Aphrodite of Paphos. Text Image
Lindgren 1664ACaracalla & Geta, AE30 of Cyprus Mint. Laureate, draped and cuirassed right / Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. TextImageImage
Prieur 1578Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Cyprus. Laureate head right / DHMRC EX VPATOC TO D, eagle standing facing on grain ear, head left, wreath in beak. TextImage

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See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Cyprus
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
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