Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean
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| Dressel 134 | Cyprus. Uncertain mint. Ca. 500-480 BC. Silver stater (9.89 gm). Bull kneeling left, solar symbol above / Incuse square with irregular surface. | Text | Image |
| ORC 6612 | Cyprus, (Kourion?) AR Hemiobol (0.34g). ca 525 BC. Male head left / Incuse. | Text | Image |
| ORC 6615 | Cyprus, Uncertain Mint (Tamasos?) AR Diobol. ca 550 BC. Bearded head left / Incuse. Unpublished?. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3916 | Cyprus AE17. Time of Augustus, ca 25 BC. Capricorn right, star above / scorpion, star to right. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3916, 2 | Augustus, 27 BC-AD 14, AE 18mm, Cyprus, 2.66g. Capricorn right, star above / Scorpion. RPC 3916. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3906 | Augustus AE16 Hemiobol of Paphos, Cyprus. DIVI F IMP CAESAR, head right / A PLAVTIVS PRO COS, temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, containing conical xoanon, semicircular courtyard. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3907 | Augustus, AE16 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck 21-20 BC. Magistrate A. Plautius. IMP CAES DIVI F, bare head right / A PLAVTIVS PROCOS, Zeus standing left, holding patera, resting on short sceptre, eagle perched on his wrist. RPC 3907; BMC 4; Tziambazis 6. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3909 | Augustus and Gaius Caesar. AE27 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck AD 1. 7.56 g. AVGVST TRIB POT PONT (NT ligate) MAX, laureate head of Augustus right. / C CAESAR AVG F PRINC IVVENT), bare head of Gaius Caesar right. RPC 3909; Parks 6.34 (this coin); Amandry, Julio-Claudien I 3b. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3927 | Claudius, AE35 of Koinon of Cyprus. AD 41-54. 26.37 g. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP, laureate head left / KOINON KYΠΡI-ΩN (all N retrograde) in three lines within laurel wreath. Parks issue 11a; BMC 14; RPC I 3927. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3929 | Claudius, AE26, (7.22g) Cyprus, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TRP, laureate head left. / KOINON KYΠΡI-ΩN in three lines within laurel wreath. RPC 3929; BMC 12. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3932 | Claudius, AE as of the Koinon of Cyprus, 43-44 AD. Magistrate Cominius Proculus, TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P, laureate head left / EΠI KOMINIOY ΠΡOKΛOY ANΘYΠATOY around KYΠΡI-ΩN. RPC 3932; Parks 11b; Waddington 4846; McClean 9185. | Text | Image |
| RPC 3932 overstrike | Claudius, AE as, Cyprus Mint, AD 43-44. Magistrate Cominius Proculus. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P, Laureate head left. / (clockwise from top right) EΠI KOMINIOY ΠΡOKΛOY ANΘYΠATOY around KYΠΡI-ΩN in two lines. Overstruck on another bronze, not a Cyprus issue, which had the forepart of a bull right on the reverse. The coin shows the bull and traces of the original legend. TLA 131120. Type: RPC I, 3932; Waddington 4846; Paris 795-796; McClean 9185; Parks 11b; Bank of Cyprus 13. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1801 | Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Salamis, Cyprus. AYTOKΡATΩΡ OYECΠACIANOC KAICAΡ, Laureate head right, oval countermark of head of Julia Domna left / ETOYC NEOY IEΡOY H, Zeus Salaminos standing facing, holding patera, sceptre and eagle. RPC 1801; BMC 77; Parks 16b; Salamis hoard 8040-8051. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1803 | Vespasian, AE Tetradrachm, Cyprus, dated year 8. AD 75-76. AYTOKΡATΩΡ OYECΠACIANOC KAICAΡ, laureate head left. / ETOYC NEOY IEΡOY, temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, with conical xoanon in the centre. Date letter H below. RPC II 1803; BMC 18-19; Paris 799-800; Berlin 18201042. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1804 | Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Salamis, Cyprus. AYTOKΡATΩΡ OYECΠACIANOC KAICAΡ, laureate head left / ETOYC NEOY IEΡOY Θ, Zeus Salaminos standing facing, holding patera, sceptre and eagle. RPC 1804; BMC 26-28; Parks 16d; SNG Cop 77; McClean 9383. | Text | Image |
| RPC 1820 | Vespasian Brass AE26mm (dupondius), OVECΠACIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right / KOINΩN KYΠΡIΩN EOYC Hi, Zeus Salamis standing, holding patera, sceptre and eagle. RPC 1820; BMC 22-23; Parks 13b; Paris 803; SNG Cop 76; SNG Fitz. 5368. | Text | Image |
| BMC 40 | Trajan AE Sestertius or Drachm of Cyprus. AVTOKΡ KAIC NEΡ TΡAIANΩ AΡIΣTΩ CEB ΓEΡM ΔAK, laureate draped bust right / ΔHMAΡC EX YΠATOΣ KOINON KYΠΡIΩN, Zeus Salaminios standing, holding patera, eagle on wrist, and sceptre. BMC 40; Parks 20b; Weber 7752-7753; SNG Cop 83. | Text | Image |
| With M. Aurelius (136-161 AD) The differences often lie in the obv. legends and legend breaks See a table of these AE coin types to aid identification | |||
| BMC 42 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, AE 35mm of Cyprus. ca 136-161 AD. AYT K T AIΛ AΔΡI ANTΩ-NINOC CEBEY, laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius right / M AVΡEΛIOC KAI-CAΡ VIOC CEBAC, bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Aurelius right. BMC 42; SNG Righetti 1736; Parks 21; SNG Cop 87; SNG Fitz 5372. | Text | Image |
| BMC 43 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 138-161 AD. AYT K T AIΛ AΔΡI AN-TΩNINOC CEBEY, laureate, draped bust of Ant. Pius right. / M AVΡHΛIOC KAI-CAΡ VIOC CEBAC, bare-headed, draped bust of Aurelius right. BMC Cyprus 43. | Text | Image |
| BMC 45-46 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck AD 138-147. AYT K T AIΛ AΔΡ A-NTΩNINOC CEBEY, laureate head right. / M AYΡHΛIOC KAI-CAΡ YIOC CEBAC, bare-headed, draped right. BMC 45-46. | Text | Image |
| BMC 47 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius AE32 of Cyprus. AVT K T AIΛ A-ΔΡ ANTΩNINOC CEB E, laureate head of Pius right / M AVΡHΛIOC KAICAΠ VIOC CEBAC (no legend break), bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Aurelius right. BMC 47. | Text | Image |
| BMC 48-50 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE34 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 138-161 AD. 29.66 g. AYT K T AIΛ AΔΡ ANTΩNINOC CEBE (no legend break), laureate head right. / M AYΡHΛIOC KAICAΡ YIOC CEBAC (no legend break), bare-headed, draped bust right. BMC 48-50. | Text | Image |
| BMC 52 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck ca 138-161 AD. 25.3 g. AY K T A AΔΡI-ANTΩNINOC C, radiate and laureate head right / M AYΡHΛIOC-KAICAΡ YIOC CEBAC, bare-headed, draped bust right. BMC 52; Paris 822; BMC G0892; Vienna 21617. | Text | Image |
| BMC 1923-11-5-37 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE30 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 138-161 AD. 26.9 g. AYT K T AI AΔΡ AN-TΩNINOC CEBE, laureate head right. / M AYRHLIOC KAICAR YIOC CEBACTO (no legend break), bare-headed, draped bust right. BMC 1923-11-5-37; RPC Temp 5849. | Text | Image |
| Paris 2430 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 138-161 AD. AYT K T AIΛ AΔΡ-ANTΩNINOC CEBE, laureate head right. / M AYΡHΛIOC-KAICAΡ YIOC CEBAC, bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Paris 2430; Vienna 21611-21613; BMC -. | Text | Image |
| Paris 2433 | Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 138-161 AD. 25.3 g. AYT K T AI AΔΡ-ANTΩNINOC C, laureate, cuirassed bust right. / M AYΡHΛIOC KAI-CAΡ YIOC CEBAC, bare-headed, draped bust right. Paris 2433; BMC -. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren III 940 | Faustina I and Galerius Antoninus. AE27 of uncertain mint in Cyprus. 9.84 gr. ΘEA ΦAYCTEINA, draped and veiled bust right / ΓAΛEΡIOC ANTΩNINOC AYTOKΡATOΡOC ANTΩNINOY YIOC, bare-headed, draped bust right. Parks 22; Overbeck, Galerius 14; Lindgren III 940; Cohen 2; Vagi 1517. | Text | Image |
| ORC 849 | Marcus Aurelius AE24 (as), possibly of Cyprus. AVT K M AVΡ ANTΩNINOC CEB, Laureate head right / OMONOIA CEBACTΩN, Aurelius and Verus standing facing, clasping hands, S C at sides. | Text | Image |
| BMC 54 var | Septimus Severus, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 193-211. AVTOK KAI Λ CEΠ CEOVHΡOC, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / KOINON KYΠΡIΩIWN, temple of Aphrodite at Paphos, with central conical cult stone; garland between the two central upper columns; two side-wings, each surmounted by a dove and containing column with large capital; semicircular courtyard in front. Obv. legend var of BMC 54-55; Parks 23; Mionnet III, 33; SNG Cop 89. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 89 | Septimius Severus AE32 of Cyprus. Uncertain mint, AD 193-211. 20.98g. AVTOK KAIC Λ CEΠ CEYHΡOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KOINON KYΠΡIΩN, Temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Parks 23; BMC 54-55; SNG Cop 89; Mionnet III, 33. | Text | Image |
| Bellinger 382 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Cyprus. AVT KAI ANTΩNINOC CE, laureate head right / ΔHMAΡC EX YΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing on grain ear, wings spread, head left with wreath in its beak. Prieur 1578. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| BMC 60 | Caracalla AE33 of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217. 19.09 g. M ANTΩNINOC AYΓOYCTOYC, laureate head right. / KOINON KYΠΡIΩN, Temple of Paphian Aphrodite with cone within, crescent and star on the roof of the central section, roofed wing on each side, each surmounted by a dove and with a candelabrum within each, semicircular court before temple. BMC 60-62; Parks 25; Weber 7758; SNG Fitz 5375; SNG Cop 92; Lindgren 1663. | Text | Image |
| BMC 60 (2) | Caracalla, AE32 of the Koinon of Cyprus, AD 198-217. 16.85 g. M ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate head right. / KOINON KYΠΡIΩN, Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos with paved semicircular court before, candelabras in side sections, each with doves sitting above, star in crescent above central roof. BMC 60; SNG Cop 92; Weber 7758-7760; Parks 25; SNG Fitz. 5375; Paris 828-830; Lindgren 1663; Dura Hoard 8-9, 241; Hunter 6-7; Prowe III 1487. | Text | Image |
| BMC 63 | Caracalla AE 31mm of Cyprus. Radiate, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / KOIN-ON KVΠΡIΩN, temple of Aphrodite Paphios with three bays, each surmounted by dove; in central bay, conical stone surmounted by ornate top and flanked by stars; semi-circular forecourt. Parks 25; SNG Cop 92v. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 1664A | Caracalla and Geta, AE30 of Cyprus Mint. M ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed right / Π CEΠ ΓETAC KAICAΡ or AYTO KAIC Π CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Parks 28; Hill 15 in NC 1924M BMC G0894. | Text | Image |
| Parks 28 | Caracalla and Geta AE27 of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217. 13.5g. Struck AD 209-211. M ANTΩNEINOC AYΓOYCTOC (first C retrograde), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla right / AYTO KAIC Π CEΠTIMIOC ΓETAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bearded bust of Geta right. Parks 28; Tziambazis 34; Amandry CPM 16. | Text | Image |
| Prieur 1578 | Caracalla AR Tetradrachm of Cyprus. Laureate head right / ΔHMAΡC EX VΠATOC TO Δ, eagle standing facing on grain ear, head left, wreath in beak. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 92 | Caracalla AE30 of Cyprus. AD 198-217. M ANTΩNINOC AVΓOYCTOYC, laureate bust right / KOINON KYΠΡIΩN, Temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. SNG Cop 92; Parks 25; Weber 7758-7760; BMC 60-63; SNG Fitz. 5375; Lindgren 1663; Hunter 6-7; Prowe III, 1487. | Text | Image |
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| See also: | Entry for Cyprus on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||