Cyprus

Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The pound, or lira, from the Latin libra via the Italian lira; was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, from 1879 to 2007, when the Republic of Cyprus adopted the euro. 

The €1 and €2 coins depict a cruciform idol from the Chalcolithic period (3000 BC). This characteristic example of the island's prehistoric art reflects Cyprus's place at the heart of civilisation and antiquity.