Gold coin - image 1

Hellenistic

Gold coin

1/10th stater. Minted at Salamis by king Nikokles. Obv.: head of Aphrodite l., wearing richly ornamented crown. Rev.: head of Athena l., wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Axis 12. Diameter: 1/4, 0.7g (0.7 × 0.1 cm, 0.7g)

Date

320 - 309 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3670

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3670, p. 398, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.