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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 4168048, member: 77704&quot;]AV Stater ND Salamis Mint [ATTACH=full]1073991[/ATTACH]</p><p>Cyprus/ under Ptolemaic satraps</p><p>Nikokreon 330-12BC King of Cyprus</p><p><br /></p><p>After Alexander III died, the vast Empire was split among his generals. Almost immediately, wars broke out for supremacy. Egypt had been given to Ptolemy, meanwhile the King of Salamis, a City State on Cyprus, pledged his allegiance to Ptolemy. In 318BC, Ptolemy secured the entire island of Cyprus, forcing the Kings of the small city states to pledge allegiance to him. This would be important, since he needed to control Cyrenaica/ Syria/ Cyprus as buffer states. In 318BC Cyprus was attacked by Antigonus &quot;The One Eye&quot; , another of Alexanders generals wanting total rule. The invaders where defeated, upon which Ptolemy made Nikokreon hir governor on the island. Later in 312BC, Nikoktreon vanished from history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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