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Siglos - Euelthon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Salamis, Cyprus |
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| Year | 530 BC - 500 BC |
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| Weight | 11.6 g |
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| Obverse description | A recumbent ram depicted in left profile, rendered in archaic Cypriot style with incised linear detailing emphasizing the musculature and fleece of the animal. The ram occupies the full field of the flan, its legs folded beneath the body in a characteristic resting pose. The design is executed in low relief on an irregularly shaped hammered flan, typical of early Cypriot coinage of the Archaic period. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse square containing an Egyptian ankh symbol set within two concentric circles, one solid and one dotted, a syncretic religious motif reflecting Phoenician and Egyptian cultural influence on Cypriot coinage. The Cypriot syllabic sign 'pa' appears within the loop of the ankh, while four additional Cypriot syllabic signs are disposed in the corners of the incuse square, together forming part of the royal name Euelthon in the Cypriot syllabary. The reverse is struck in deep incuse, consistent with archaic hammered coinage technique. |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐠄𐠀𐠸𐠄 |
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