Some Cypriot Gold Coins?

Abstract

For quite a long time the attribution of gold coins, dated to the fourth century BCE and with the
types of a horse and a ram, was disputed between Cyprus and Cyrenaica because numismatic
evidence could assign them to either region. The purpose of this paper is to discuss these
coins and to examine the iconography, the weight standard and the coin legend. Although the
legend is obscure and the weight of the coins can apply to both areas’ weight standards, the
iconography does not support the attribution of the coins among the issues of the kings of the
Cyprus and favors Cyrenaica.