bgr_237678 - CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - SALAMIS - EVAGORAS I Vingt-quatrième de statère

CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - SALAMIS - EVAGORAS I Vingt-quatrième de statère XF

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Type : Vingt-quatrième de statère

Date: c. 411 AC.

Mint name / Town : Chypre, Salamine

Metal : silver

Diameter : 7,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 0,50 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan ovale, centré des deux côtés, un peu court au droit. Très jolie tête de bélier. Usure superficielle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

P.- - BMC.42 -44n pl., XI/5-7 - B.582 pl. XVI/22 - B. traité- - GC.- - Cop.- - SGKB.496

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête de bélier à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LETTRES CHYPRIOTES.

Reverse description : Tête masculine juvénile (Héraklès) à droite dans les restes d’un carré creux.

Commentary

Nous sommes bien en présence d’une hémiobole d’étalon persique. Ce type semble en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Ce type est parfois attribué aux satrapes de Carie ou à Halicarnasse pour les incertaines de Carie (SGKB. 496 à 498, pl. XVI).

Historical background

CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - SALAMIS - EVAGORAS I

(411 - 374 BC)

King of Salamis in 411 BC, Evagoras was a faithful ally of the Athenians. He participated in the Battle of Cnidus in 394 BC and seized almost all of the island of Cyprus. He had to fight against the other dynasts of the island, Amathonte, Citium and Soloi. King Artaxerxes II sent Hecatomnos, satrap of Caria to fight the rebellious monarch. Evagoras captured Tire and some towns on the Phoenician coast. With the help of the Athenians and Chabrias, he seized the whole island of Cyprus, except Citium. After the peace of the Great King (Antalcidas) in 387 BC, he found himself alone against the Persian threat. The king of the Persians instructed the satrap Tiribaze to bring the island back into the Empire. Finally Evagoras was defeated and Salamis besieged. He had to submit to keep his throne, but lost most of his territorial gains. He was murdered along with his eldest son Pnytagoras. it was Nicocles, his second son who succeeded him.