CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. Æ Half Unit (16.5mm, 4.00 g, 11h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 323-317 BC. Macedonian shield decorated with gorngoneion on the boss / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left; c/m: eagle with closed wings standing right within incuse circle. Zapiti & Michaelidou (Wars of the Successors) 5–7 var. (monogram on rev.; 306-301 BC); Price 3158. Earthen green patina. Coin: VF; countermark: Good VF. Very rare countermark.
This countermark was not known by Price as having appeared on Alexander type bronze. The eagle type as it appears here is a common symbol of the Ptolemaic kingdom, and Ptolemy I held control over Cyprus from 316-306 BC and again from 295 BC onward.