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Siglos - Pnytos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Paphos |
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| Year | 525 BC - 480 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BMC Greek#5, GCV#3595 |
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| Obverse script | Cypriot |
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| Mintage | ND (525 BC - 480 BC) |
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Paphos was one of the most politically fractured of the Cypriot kingdoms during the late Achaemenid period, and coinage issued under dynasts like Pnytos reflects a mint operating under competing pressures — nominally within the Persian sphere yet retaining distinctly local iconographic and weight traditions. The siglos standard used here diverges subtly from the Persian royal siglos, suggesting the kingdom was calibrating its currency to local Phoenician and Aegean trade networks rather than imperial fiat.
The period bracket straddles the Ionian Revolt and its brutal suppression, events that reshuffled Cypriot dynastic loyalties with considerable violence.