Siglos

Features

Issuer Uncertain Cypriot city (Cyprus (ancient))
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 460 BC - 430 BC
Value 1 Siglos
Currency Drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 10.72 g
Diameter 23.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
163259

Obverse

Bull kneeling to right on ground line; bare fir-tree trunk above

Reverse

Nude male figure (Herakles?) standing to right, holding tree in left hand, and raising labrys (double-axe) in right hand, with a smaller tree behind

Comments

Previously attributed to the fortified town of Golgoi, on Cyprus, but this view is now questioned by historians.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Siglos
Roma Numismatics
Auction XVII
Lot 542
Internet Archive
28 Mar 2019 AU Unsold
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