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Description:
Obverse
The coat of arms of the Republic (A dove holding an olive twig and the independence year 1960), laurel twigs around.
Reverse
A composition based on a 4th century BC coin of the Cypriot Kingdom of Marion depicting the abduction of Europe by Zeus transfigurated into a bull. "King Timocharis" written in Cypriot syllabary (characters not supported here).
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