Live auction - bgr_854341 - CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - SALAMIS - EVAGORAS II 1/12 de statère
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| Estimate : | 3 000 € |
| Price : | 2 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 14:12:16 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 1/12 de statère
Date: c. 361-351 AC.
Mint name / Town : Salamine, Chypre
Metal : gold
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,66 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbes portraits, notamment d’Aphrodite. Patine de collection
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête tourelée d’Aphrodite à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à gauche.
Historical background
CYPRUS - KINGDOM OF CYPRUS - SALAMIS - EVAGORAS II
(361-351 BC)
Evagoras II is the son of Nikokles, king of Salamis (373-361 AC.), and the grandson of Evagoras I (411-373 AC.). In 351, a revolt broke out in Cyprus against the authority of Artaxerxes III Ochus (359-338 AC.). Evagoras II was driven out of Salamis and replaced by Pnytagoras (351-332 AC.). Evagoras II took refuge in Asia Minor, in Caria, with Idreius satrap of Caria. Artaxerxes III ordered the formation of a fleet and an army to reconquer Cyprus. Phocion, leader of the fleet, and Evagoras II with forty ships and eight thousand Greek mercenaries landed in Cyprus and laid siege to Salamis. Evagoras failed, had to definitively abandon Cyprus and return to Caria. To compensate him, Artaxexes III gave him Sidon, in Phoenicia.
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