S 2121 - Salamis (Euelthon I), silver, twelfth staters (520-500 BCE)

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520 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 629 kg

Description
Obverse: Head of ram 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 0.70 Denomination: 12th stater Standard:
Image
]]S2121 Salamis 530-500 twelth 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. xiv-xvii, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Tziambazis 2002, n° 98
Coin series reference:



Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 16 61.54 16 32.65 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
2 2 7.69 4 8.16 4, 7
3 4 15.38 12 24.49 3, 8, 9, 10
4 3 11.54 12 24.49 1, 5, 6
5 1 3.85 5 10.2 2
Total 26 of 26 100 49 of 49 99.99
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Kaelyn Ann (1999), The Coinage of Salamis, Cyprus, from the Sixth to the Fourth Centuries, University College London, unpublished PhD Thesis, London, 2 vol.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.