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Stater - Euanthes
| Issuer | Kingdom of Salamis, Cyprus |
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| Year | 450 BC |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse description | A ram couchant to left, rendered in fine archaic relief with carefully detailed fleece indicated by stippled and striated engraving across the body. A Cypriot syllabic legend reading 'pa-si-le-o e-u-wa-te-o' (meaning 'of King Euanthes') is distributed around the animal in the field, with signs visible above the ram's back and below along the exergual line. The entire design is enclosed within a dotted border. The composition is characteristic of the Archaic Cypriot coinage of Salamis, blending Near Eastern iconographic traditions with local artistic conventions. |
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| Reverse description | A ram's head to left in high relief, with detailed rendering of the fleece and curving horn, set within an incuse circle. A single Cypriot syllabic character 'a' appears above the head, and an ankh symbol is positioned below, both within the incuse depression. The stark, deeply sunken square or circular incuse field is characteristic of early hammered coinage technique from the eastern Mediterranean region of the fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐠀 |
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