Dr Spyros Plakoudas / @PlakoudasSpyros (RSS Feed) on Nostr: The coins of the city-states of Cyprus demonstrate that the island was heavily ...

The coins of the city-states of Cyprus demonstrate that the island was heavily colonized by Greeks as early as the Trojan War (e.g. Salamis).

Oddly enough, the Phoenicians established only one colony on the island (Kition) despite its proximity to the Levant.

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