A listing of postage stamps of Cyprus depicting coins.
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1928 February 1
Cyprus
50th year of Cyprus as a British Colony.
3/4-piaster postage stamp depicts a silver coin of Amathus.
Catalog numbers: Michel 108; Scott 114; Stanley Gibbons 123
Approximate value: US$1.60 (Scott 2014).
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1955 August 1
Cyprus
25-millieme postage stamp depicts a coin of Paphos;
500-millieme stamp depicts four coin devices of Cyprus;
1-pound stamp depicts four coin devices of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire, and Venice.
Catalog numbers: Scott 174,181-82; Stanley Gibbons 179,186-87
Approximate value: US$43.70 (Scott 2014).
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1960 August 16
Cyprus
Stamps of 1955 overprinted for new republic.
25-millieme postage stamp depicts a coin of Paphos;
500-millieme stamp depicts four coin devices of Cyprus;
1-pound stamp depicts four coin devices of Byzantium, Lusignan, Ottoman Empire, and Venice.
Catalog numbers: Scott 189,196-97; Stanley Gibbons 194,201-02
Approximate value: US$67.60 (Scott 2014).
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1966 November 21
Cyprus
20-millieme postage stamp depicts a silver coin of 4th century BC;
50-millieme postage stamp depicts a silver coin of Alexander the Great.
Catalog numbers: Michel 277,283; Scott 282,287; Yvert 269,274; Stanley Gibbons 287,292
Approximate value: US$1.65 (Scott 2014).
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1972 September 25
Cyprus
Silver staters of Cyprus.
20-millieme stamp depicts Apollo, Marion, 5th century BC;
30-millieme stamp depicts Eagle's head, Paphos, circa 460 BC;
40-millieme stamp depicts Pallos Athena, Lapithos, 388-387 BC;
100-millieme stamp depicts Sphinx and lotus flower, Idalion, about 460 BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 380-383; Scott 386-389; Yvert 372-375; Stanley Gibbons 393-396
Approximate value: US$1.80 (Scott 2010).
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1974 April 29
Cyprus
Europa issue.
10-, 40-, and 150-millime postage stamps depict a silver stater of Marion, 5th century BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 409-411; Scott 416-418; Yvert 401-403; Stanley Gibbons 423-425
Approximate value: US$2.00 (Scott 2010).
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1977 June 13
Cyprus
25th anniversary of reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
120-millieme stamp depicts 1960 Cyprus stamp showing four coin devices of Cyprus.
Catalog numbers: Michel 467; Scott 478
Approximate value: US$0.40 (Scott 2010).
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1977 June 13
Cyprus
10-millieme stamp depicts a silver tetradrachm of Demetrios Poliorcetes;
40-millieme stamp depicts a bronze coin of Emperor Trajan;
60-millieme stamp depicts a silver tetradrachm of Ptolomy VII;
100-millieme stamp depicts a gold octodrachm of Arsinoell.
Catalog numbers: Michel 486-489; Scott 479-482; Yvert 463-466; Stanley Gibbons 486-489
Approximate value: US$1.20 (Scott 2010).
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1983 May 3
Cyprus
Europa issue.
200-millieme stamp depicts copper ore ingot (Enkomi 1400-1200BC).
Catalog numbers: Scott 596; Stanley Gibbons 603
Approximate value: US$0.50 (Scott 2010).
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2002 September 22
Cyprus
Cyprus-Europhilex 02 Philatelic Exhibition.
20-cent stamp depicts a silver coin of Timoharis, 5th-4th century BC;
20-cent stamp depicts a silver coin of Stasioikos, 449 BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1000-01; Scott 996b-c; Stanley Gibbons 1039-40
Approximate value: US$2.80 (Scott 2010).
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2008 October 2
Cyprus
Cyprus through the Ages.
43-cent stamp depicts coin from Archaic period, 750-480 BCE;
43-cent stamp depicts coin from Hellenistic period.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1101a,1101e; WNS CY015.08,CY019.08
Approximate value: US$2.45 (Scott 2010).
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2009 March 12
Cyprus
51-cent postage stamp depicts 1-cent coin;
68-cent postage stamp depicts 2-euro coin.
Catalog numbers: WNS CY001.09-CY002.09
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