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Stater - Evagoras I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Salamis, Cyprus |
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| Year | 411 BC - 374 BC |
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| Value | 2 Siglos |
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| Reverse script | Cypriot, Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Evagoras I seized the throne of Salamis around 411 BC in a coup with a force reportedly as small as fifty men, then spent decades consolidating Cypriot power against Persian dominance. His alliance with Athens — formalized partly through his role in securing Conon's command of the Persian fleet at Cnidus in 394 BC — earned him Athenian citizenship, an honor rarely extended to foreign rulers. The coinage issued under his authority was among the first in Cyprus to carry a Greek royal name in Phoenician script, a deliberate assertion of Hellenic identity on an island long contested between Greek and Near Eastern spheres.
He was assassinated in 374 BC by a eunuch, for reasons ancient sources describe as personal rather than political.