Hellenistic
Gold coin
1/10th stater. Minted at Salamis by king Menelaus. Obv.: head of Aphrodite l., wearing turreted crown; behind, M. Rev.: male bust l., wearing peaked helmet. Axis 12. Diameter: 1/4 (0.7, 0.89g)
Date
312 - 306 BC
Accession No.
74.51.3671
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3671, p. 398, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.