Siglos - Azbaal

Obverse description	Heroic figure of Herakles striding vigorously to right in the field, clad in the Nemean lion's skin draped over his shoulders and head; his raised right arm brandishes a knotted club overhead while his extended left hand grasps a bow. The style reflects the archaic Cypriot artistic tradition, with bold, energetic modeling of the figure typical of fifth-century BC Phoenician-influenced coinage.
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Reverse script	Aramaic
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Additional information	Kition, on the southeastern coast of Cyprus, operated under Phoenician dynastic rule from the late fifth century BC, with Azbaal among the earliest named rulers whose coinage can be attributed with confidence. The siglos denomination itself reflects the coin's role in a region caught between Persian administrative demands and active Aegean trade networks — Cyprus sat directly on the route between the Levantine coast and the Aegean, and its silver circulated accordingly. BMC Greek #15 and the Tziambazis corpus together provide the primary framework for attributing this type, though die-linked specimens have helped clarify the sequence of Azbaali issues within what is otherwise a compressed and poorly documented dynastic record.