Paphos

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 244

The mint at the ancient site of Paphos 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)
Paphos (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (195-180 BCE)		Silver	2,569 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy V), gold, mnaieia (Arsinoe/cornucopiae) (192-185 BCE)		Gold	1,303,507 kg
Paphos (Ptolemies), silver, drachms (185-106 BCE)		Silver	775 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-169 BCE)		Silver	1,802 kg
S 605 - Paphos (Ptolemy VI), gold, mnaieia (180-171 BCE)		Gold	26,744 kg
S 627 - Paphos (Ptolemy VI-VIII), silver, tetradrachms (169-163 BCE)		Silver	4,128 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (164-145 BCE)		Silver	4,740 kg
S 634 - Paphos (Ptolemies), silver, tetradrachms - ancient forgeries (163-118 BCE)		Silver	0 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (145-116 BCE) Olivier		Silver	9,943 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (145-116 BCE) Nicolaou - Mørkholm		Silver	9,526 kg
S 606 - Paphos (Ptolemy VIII), gold, mnaieia (141-134 BCE)		Gold	26,980 kg
S 630 - Paphos (Ptolemy VIII), silver, didrachms (138-137 BCE)		Silver	157 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (117-113 BCE) Nicolaou - Mørkholm		Silver	1,125 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (117-113 BCE) Olivier		Silver	1,402 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy X), silver, tetradrachms (114-106 BCE) Nicolaou - Mørkholm		Silver	3,130 kg
Paphos (Ptolemy X), silver, tetradrachms (114-105 BCE) Olivier		Silver	8,178 kg
S 633 - Paphos (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (100-90 BCE) Olivier		Silver	3,931 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
21512 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, XVI, Sept. 2018, 357)		Silver	430 BC JL
1992 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 45, May 2018, 314)		Silver	430 BC JL
21458 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 36, May 2017, 171)		Silver	430 BC JL
21526 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 63, Nov. 2019, 284)		Silver	430 BC JL
1700 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Leu, EA 10, Dec. 2019, 570)		Silver	430 BC JL
2136 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 32, Jan. 2017, 496)		Silver	430 BC JL
21450 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 55, April 2019, 464)		Silver	430 BC JL
21515 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 69, April 2020, 550)		Silver	430 BC JL
2172 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, Apr. 2017, 353)		Silver	430 BC JL
21455 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Nomos, Obolos 5, June 2016, 458)		Silver	430 BC JL
21528 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 81, Feb. 2021, 653)		Silver	430 BC JL
1894 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 32, Jan. 2017, 495)		Silver	430 BC JL
1701 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 64, Nov. 2019, 431)		Silver	430 BC JL
2827 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Heritage, Nov. 2021, 64160)		Silver	430 BC JL
21518 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, 360)		Silver	430 BC JL
2320 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 274)		Silver	430 BC JL
21442 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 4, Nov. 2018, 380)		Silver	430 BC JL
1799 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, 17, March 2019, 545)		Silver	430 BC JL
2041 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Spink, 13015, 2 Dec. 2013, 81)		Silver	430 BC JL
21437 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 79, Jan 2021, 380)		Silver	430 BC JL
21520 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Leu Numismatik, EA 10, Dec. 2019, 570)		Silver	430 BC JL
1818 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581)		Silver	430 BC JL
21447 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 59, July 2019, 348)		Silver	430 BC JL
2166 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Elsen, 76, 2003, 263)		Silver	430 BC JL
1741 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 42, Jan. 2018, 212)		Silver	430 BC JL
21452 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Naumann, 90, June 2020, 294)		Silver	430 BC JL
21523 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 63, Nov. 2019, 284)		Silver	430 BC JL
2579 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum)		Silver	430 BC JL
21461 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 41, Dec. 2017, 346)		Silver	430 BC JL
1723 - Paphos (Nikokles) (AE Tyche/Pegasus) over Paphos (Aphrodite/bird) (Coll. Tsiappas)		Bronze	325 BC JL

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
2050 - Salamis (double siglos ram/no type) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (Gorny, 101, 2003, 370)		Silver	530 BC JL
1792 - Idalium (double siglos Sphinx/incuse square) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (private coll. - Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 12)		Silver	500 BC JL
22554 - Salamis (double siglos ram/ankh) over Paphos (bull/astragalus) (CNG, 123, May 2023, 204)		Silver	480 BC JL
2394 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (CNG, EA 437, Febr. 2019, 144)		Silver	465 BC JL
2784 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (Obolos, 14, Dec. 2019, 243)		Silver	465 BC JL
21315 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (CNG, EA 451, Sept. 2019, 149)		Silver	465 BC JL
2635 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (CNG, EA 435, Jan. 2019, 109)		Silver	465 BC JL
2279 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Paphos (Pny-) (bull/eagle head) (Lanz on Ebay, July 28, 2019)		Silver	464 BC JL
2126 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 46, June 2018, 282)		Silver	449 BC JL
1723 - Paphos (Nikokles) (AE Tyche/Pegasus) over Paphos (Aphrodite/bird) (Coll. Tsiappas)		Bronze	325 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	paphus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Paphos on Cyprus.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	707586
Ancient regionAncient region.	Cyprus Nomisma: cyprus
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	34.759931° N, 32.407565° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Paphos https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707586 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7594296 https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/ort/1493

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Literature

• BMC Cyprus
• Destrooper-Georgiades 2013
• Markou 2011
• Nicolaou - Mørkholm 1976
• Tziambazis 2002
• Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008

Authors

• Anne Destrooper-Georgiades
• George Francis Hill
• Evangelina Markou
• Ino Nicolaou
• Eleni Zapiti