Catalog
Siglos - Stasandros
| Issuer | Kingdom of Paphos |
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| Year | 460 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left with wings closed, rendered in the incuse technique characteristic of early Cypriot silver coinage. To the lower left of the eagle, an ankh-like symbol is present in the field. The entire design is contained within a dotted border set within a deep incuse square, a hallmark of archaic Cypriot hammered coinage. The reverse lettering in the Cypriot syllabic script identifies the issuing authority. |
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| Mint | Paphos |
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Paphos was one of the eleven Cypriot kingdoms that participated in the Ionian Revolt's aftermath, and by the mid-fifth century BC its coinage was produced under strong Achaemenid influence — the siglos weight standard itself derived from Persian imperial practice. Stasandros is attested as king of Paphos from inscriptional evidence, ruling during a period when Cyprus sat uncomfortably between Greek cultural allegiance and Persian political control following the failed revolt of 499–498 BC.
The SilCoinCy reference places this among a small, well-documented corpus. Tziambazis #7 is a notably rare classification within the Paphian sequence.