Reverse: Lotus blossom on two spiral tendrils; in left field, an ivy leaf; in right field, an astragalos

Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation, September 1990

Dewing 2525

Obverse: Sphinx seated to the left on a vine branch which bears a tendril and a flower, on which the sphinx places one foot

Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation, September 1990

Dewing 2525


Collection: 	Arthur S. Dewing Collection
Context: 	Idalion
Material: 	Silver
Denomination: 	Tetrobol
Issuing Authority: 	Stasicyprus
Actual Weight: 	3.36
Die Axis: 	315 degrees
Date: 	ca. 460 BC - ca. 450 BC
Region: 	Cyprus
Period: 	Early Classical

Obverse Type: Lotus blossom on two spiral tendrils; in left field, an ivy leaf; in right field, an astragalos

Commentary: Dies of BMCCyprus, p. 28, 20-28 (erroneously headed Stasioikos), all from IGCH 1275: see note at 2517, above.