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Siglos
| Issuer | Uncertain Cypriot city |
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| Year | 460 BC - 430 BC |
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| Value | Siglos (1) |
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| Reverse description | A nude male figure, tentatively identified as Herakles, standing to right in a frontal three-quarter pose. He holds a tree or branch in his extended left hand and raises a labrys (double-headed axe) aloft in his right hand. A smaller tree is depicted behind the figure in the left field. The composition reflects the syncretic Cypriot iconographic tradition blending Greek and Near Eastern religious imagery, with no inscription present. |
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| Mintage | ND (460 BC - 430 BC) |
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Cyprus in the mid-fifth century BC sat uneasily between Persian administrative control and persistent Greek cultural pull — the decade following the Peace of Callias in 449 BC saw several Cypriot cities reasserting local identity through coinage while technically remaining within the Achaemenid sphere. Attribution of uninscribed Cypriot silver to specific mints remains genuinely contested; die-link studies have been the primary tool for grouping issues, but consensus is slow and frequently revised.
The siglos weight standard adopted here reflects Persian influence on the island's monetary conventions rather than the Aeginetan or Euboic standards dominant on the Greek mainland.