circa 330-312 BCE
Æ 15mm, 2,38g
Head of Apollo left; [ΠΡ behind] /
Krater; [BA] to right
Tziambazis 49; BMC pl. XX, 2; Sear 5749; Traité II 1364, pl. CXXXVI
Lapethos was one of the ancient kingdoms of Cyprus. Its last independent king was Praxippos. Nonnus, in his long-winded Dionysiaca, mentioned that it was founded by an eponymous Lapethos, who was a follower of Dionysos.
The kingdom was destroyed by Ptolemy I when Lapethos sided against him by supporting Antigonos. Thereafter the name Lapethos became synonymous with stupidity.