coin
- Museum number
- 1905,1008.1
- Description
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Silver coin. (whole)
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Ankh, outer linear circle, middle ring formed of pellets ranged about a linear circle; pellet in centre of circle: dotted incuse square inside incuse square, from corners of which project sprays of three leaves. (reverse)
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Head of lion left, jaws open; truncation dotted. (obverse)
- Dimensions
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Die-axis: 10 o'clock
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Diameter: 15 millimetres
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Weight: 3.460 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Coins of this type have been identified by Kagan as issues of Kourion dating to the late 6th or early 5th centuires BC, though this attribution has been questioned by Destrooper-Georgiades (2007).
Bibliography:
Destrooper-Georgiades A. 2007,
Kagan J. 1999, The Archaic and early Classical coinage of Kourion', CCEC 29, 33- 44.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1905
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1905,1008.1
