Maison Palombo
Auction 18 17 Nov 2019
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Chypre - Salamis
Evagoras I (c. 411-374)
Statère.
D'une qualité exceptionnelle - Probablement le plus bel exemplaire connu.
10.49g - BMC 55 - Boston 2144 - Kraay-Hirmer pl. 194, 678
Superbe à FDC - CHOICE AU
The inscription on the reverse of this coin is in Greek, but in a local non-Greek script, and indicates that it is 'Of King Evagoras'. He was king by descent, claiming descent from Teucer who was the half-brother of Ajax and settled in Salamis during the Trojan war, but he was also a strategist who chose to support Athens in order to gain its help in conquering most of the island of Cyprus – as well as some cities in Phoenicia such as Tyre.
Estimate: 16000 CHF
Evagoras I (c. 411-374)
Statère.
D'une qualité exceptionnelle - Probablement le plus bel exemplaire connu.
10.49g - BMC 55 - Boston 2144 - Kraay-Hirmer pl. 194, 678
Superbe à FDC - CHOICE AU
The inscription on the reverse of this coin is in Greek, but in a local non-Greek script, and indicates that it is 'Of King Evagoras'. He was king by descent, claiming descent from Teucer who was the half-brother of Ajax and settled in Salamis during the Trojan war, but he was also a strategist who chose to support Athens in order to gain its help in conquering most of the island of Cyprus – as well as some cities in Phoenicia such as Tyre.
Estimate: 16000 CHF