Catalog
1/10 Gold Stater - Pumiathon
| Issuer | Kition (Cyprus (ancient)) |
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| Year | 362 BC - 312 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Kition (Cyprus) |
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Pumiathon was the last king of Kition, a Phoenician city-kingdom on Cyprus whose ruling dynasty had maintained considerable autonomy under shifting Achaemenid oversight. His reign ended when Ptolemy I seized Cyprus in 312 BC, dismantled the island's independent kingdoms, and had Pumiathon executed — making this fractional issue one of the terminal products of a political order that had existed for centuries.
The denomination itself reflects Kition's hybrid monetary position, bridging Phoenician weight standards and Greek trading conventions.