Half Stater of King Pumiathon, Kition | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.2523
People: Pumiathon, Cypriote (r. 361 - 312 BCE)
Title: Half Stater of King Pumiathon, Kition
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 316-315 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kition (Cyprus)
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/148545

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.16 g

Die Axis

3

Denomination

half stater

Date on Object

Year 46

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: L MLK PMTJN = of King Pumyyaton in Phoenician letters}

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Glendining, 29 Aoril 1954 lot 4

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Markou 175, D34 R52

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number: 1.1965.2523
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Herakles bearded, naked, lion's skin over his left arm, striding r., holding bow in r. hand and brandishing club in his raised l. Ankh in field r. Border of dots.
Reverse lion attacking wounded stag to r. Square border of dots.

Verification Level

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