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Siglos
| Issuer | Uncertain Cypriot city |
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| Year | 525 BC - 475 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Deep incuse square punch containing a roughly rendered lion or animal figure in sunken relief, a hallmark of archaic Cypriot minting technique. The incuse impression is rectilinear with irregular interior surfaces, divided into compartments by raised ridges, consistent with the multiple-punch method employed by Cypriot mints of the late archaic period. No inscriptions or mint marks are present. The overall execution is typical of the uncertain Cypriot civic issues attributed to circa 525–475 BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cyprus in this period sat at the intersection of Persian imperial administration and deeply rooted Phoenician and Greek civic traditions, with individual city-kingdoms operating their own mints under varying degrees of Achaemenid oversight. Attribution of unsigned Cypriot sigloi remains genuinely contested — GCV 3604 draws together issues that share fabric and weight standard but resist firm assignment to any single city. The siglos weight standard itself reflects Persian influence, yet the coins produced under it across Cyprus often bear nothing that confirms obedience to Persepolis.