Live auction - bgr_1050993 - CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - SALAMIS - EVAGORAS I Tiers de statère ou tetrobole
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Live starting : Type : Tiers de statère ou tetrobole
Date: c. 411-373 AC.
Mint name / Town : Salamine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais monnaie bien identifiable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LETTRES CHYPRIOTES (EU VA KO RO).
Obverse description : Hercule nu, assis à droite sur un rocher où est posée la léonté, s’appuyant de la main droite sur sa massue et tenant une corne de taureau de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Evagoras).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRES CHYPRIOTES (PAS SI LE O SE).
Reverse description : Bouquetin agenouillé à droite.
Reverse legend : D
Reverse translation : (Roi).
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.
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