Amathus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 353

The mint at the ancient site of Amathus on Cyprus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 1575 - Amathus (Wroikos?), silver, staters (460-450 BCE)		Silver	369 kg
S 1576 - Amathus (Wroikos?), silver, tetrobols (460-450 BCE)		Silver	689 kg
S 1577 - Amathus (Wroikos?), silver, diobols (460-450 BCE)		Silver	418 kg
S 1584 - Amathus (Wroikos?), silver, obols (460-450 BCE)		Silver	1,647 kg
S 1578 - Amathus (uncertain king), silver, staters (450-430 BCE)		Silver	260 kg
S 1583 - Amathus (Evagoras I), silver, staters (391-386 BCE)		Silver	140 kg
S 1579 - Amathus (Zotimos?), silver, staters (385-380 BCE)		Silver	919 kg
S 1582 - Amathus (Lysandros), silver, staters (380-370 BCE)		Silver	303 kg
S 1580 - Amathus (Epipalos), silver, staters (370-360 BCE)		Silver	337 kg
S 1581 - Amathus (Rhoikos), silver, tetrobols (c. 350 BCE)		Silver	545 kg
S 150 - Amathus (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (170-168 BCE)		Silver	1,694 kg

Overstriking coins

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Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
27505 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Amathus (uncertain king) (lion crouching and eagle/forepart of lion) (Savoca coins, 245 Blue Auction, Dec. 2024, 119)		Silver	465 BC JL
1795 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Roma Numismatics, EA 43, Feb. 2018, 201)		Silver	449 BC JL
2219 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Naumann, 73, Jan. 2019, 240)		Silver	449 BC JL
1785 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lying lion/forepart of lion) (IGCH 1255, Kelenderis - Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 15)		Silver	449 BC JL
22479 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Nomos, 20, 10 July 2020, 254)		Silver	449 BC JL
2337 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (CNG, EA 446, June 2019, 131)		Silver	449 BC JL
23671 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1609)		Silver	425 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	amathus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Amathus on Cyprus.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	707462
Ancient regionAncient region.	Cyprus Nomisma: cyprus
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	34.712354° N, 33.130332° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amathus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707462 http://sws.geonames.org/6500219/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x31088 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/6000227

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Literature

• Amandry 1984
• BMC Cyprus
• Olivier - Aumaître 2014
• Tziambazis 2002
• Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008

Authors

• Michel Amandry
• Héloïse Aumaître
• George Francis Hill
• Julien Olivier
• Elias Tziambasis
• Eleni Zapiti