S 2119 - Salamis (Euelthon I), silver, third staters (520-500 BCE)

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520 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 1,057 kg

Description
Obverse: Ram couchant left
Reverse: Blank
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Salamis Ancient region: Cyprus Modern country: Turkey Authority: Euelthon of Salamis (king of Salamis, last quarter of the 6th c. BC)
Chronology
From 520 BCE to 500 BCE Period: Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Median weight in grams 3.50 Denomination: 1/3 stater Standard:
Image
]]S2119 Salamis 530-500 third staters.jpg [1]
References
Die study reference: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1McGregor 1999, p. xi-xii, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Tziambazis 2002, n° 96
Coin series reference:



Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 5 50 5 22.73 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
2 2 20 4 18.18 2, 4
3 1 10 3 13.64 5
4 1 10 4 18.18 3
6 1 10 6 27.27 1
Total 10 of 10 100 22 of 22 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks


References

  1. ^  McGregor, Kaelyn Ann (1999), The Coinage of Salamis, Cyprus, from the Sixth to the Fourth Centuries, University College London, unpublished PhD Thesis, London, 2 vol.
  2. ^  Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.