Gold coin - image 1

Classical

Gold coin

1/20th stater. Minted at Salamis by king Euagoras I. Obv.: head of Herakles to r. wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev.: goat's head to r. Linear borders. Axis 6. Diameter: 3/16, 0.3g (0.5 × 0.1 cm, 0.3g)

Date

391 - 380 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3669

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3669, p. 398, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.