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Stater
| Issuer | Cyprus (ancient) |
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| Year | 460 BC - 430 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Nude male figure, identified as Herakles or a heroic deity, standing in profile to right; the figure extends his left arm forward grasping a slender tree or branch, while his raised right arm brandishes a labrys (double-headed axe). The rendering is archaic in style, with schematic musculature typical of early Cypriot coinage of the fifth century BC. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A bull, rendered in fine relief, stands in profile to right upon a clearly defined ground line, its head lowered slightly in a naturalistic posture. A laurel branch with carefully detailed leaves spreads across the upper field above the animal's back. The entire design is framed within a square border composed of a continuous row of pellets, characteristic of Cypriot archaic silver coinage. The field is plain and uninscribed. The execution displays confident, well-proportioned die work consistent with the Idalion or related Cypriot mint tradition of circa 460–430 BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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