Siglos

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.