51-30 BC bronze hemiobol of Neopaphos, Cyprus, ancient Greece

#2011-1340 in GB1. Obverse, laureate head of Zeus facing right. Reverse, statue of Zeus standing left. Please refer to notecard for details, catalogue numbers and full attribution. Purchased from Forum Ancient Coins who valued this at $20. To find my ancient Greek coins, search ‘ancient Greek.’ To peruse all my coins and banknotes and skip other listings, search 'zzz'.

Nea Paphos was probably built by Nicocles, the last king of Paphos, at the end of the 4th century BC. By the beginning of the 2nd c. BC it became the capital of the island of Cyprus, replacing Salamis during the Hellenistic era under the Ptolemies.