Description: Cyprus, Marion, Timocharis, ca. 4th century BC. Head of Aphrodite right / Thunderbolt; BA and Cypriot letters above, MAPIEYΣ below.

Diameter: AE13 mm

Weight: 2,72 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Tziambazis 58 corr. (head right); Sear 5765; BMC pl. XX, 18

Commentary: rare; dark olive-grey patina with some light deposits, minor pitting

History: Marion was one of the ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus and is first referred to in 449 BC when after the Battle of Salamis Athenias freed the city from the Persians.

Article Number: 002-02-02-45412