The Royal Coinages of Kition and Idalion

A Numismatic and Historical Study (6th-4th c. BC)

Evangeline Markou

Pages: 592 p.
Size:216 x 280 mm
Illustrations:116 b/w, 20 tables b/w., 3 maps b/w, 198 facsimiles and 88 plates

Language(s):English
Publication Year:2025

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chronological Periods, Phoenician Kings’ Names and Maps

SECTION A. Foundations of Research: Archaeological, Epigraphic, and Numismatic Scholarship
1. Historiography – Literature Review
1.1. Excavations and Research
1.2. Epigraphic Discoveries and Publications
1.3. Numismatic Literature and Digital Resources

SECTION B. COIN CORPUS, ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
1. Coin Corpus
A. Idalion
B. Kition
2. Analysis: Coin-Die and Metrological Studies
2.1. Coin-Die Study
2.2. Metrological Study: Weight and Volume Analysis
3. Synthesis
3.1. Metrological and Typological Analysis
3.2. Flan and Coin-Die Observations
3.3. Coin Iconography

SECTION C. CIRCULATION, OVERSTRIKES AND COUNTERMARKS
1. Coin Circulation
1.1. Hoard Evidence
1.2. Single Finds in Context
1.3. Cypriot Coins in Modern Trade
2. Overstrikes and Countermarks
2.1. Overstrikes
2.2. Countermarks

SECTION D. HISTORICAL COMMENTARY
1. The Kings of Idalion and the Kings of Kition in the 6th – 5th Centuries
1.1. An Introduction: The Kings of Cyprus in the Late CA – Early CC Period
1.2. Numismatic Data on the Earliest Kings of Idalion and of Kition
1.3. Baalmilk I, King of Kition
1.4. The Successive Kings of Idalion: Sa ( ) I, Ki ( ), Ka-ra ( ), Sa ( ) II and the “e-ta-li” Series
1.5. The Idalion Tablet: Kition’s Unsuccessful Attempt to Conquer Idalion
1.6. Athenian and Persian Politics in Cyprus, ca. 494 to 449
1.7. Ozibaal, First King of Kition and Idalion
1.8. Baalmilk II, King of Kition and Idalion
1.9. Patterns of Coinage Production in the 5th Century
2. The Kings of Kition (and Idalion) in the 4th Century
2.1. The Enigmatic Reign of King Baalrom
2.2. Milkyaton, King of Kition and Idalion
2.3. Pumayyaton,the Last King of Kition, Idalion and Tamassos (… for a While)
2.4. Patterns of Coinage Production in the 4th Century
3. Epilogue: Kition and Salamis – Parallel Worlds, Worlds Apart

CONCLUSION: THE NUMISMATIC POLICY OF THE KINGS OF IDALION AND THE KINGS OF KITION

APPENDICES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
FACSIMILES
COIN PLATES