1808 - Salamis (double silgos ram/ankh) over Citium (Heracles/lion & stag) (CNG, EA 165, May 2007, 51)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1808

500 BCE - 480 BCE(Cypriot syllabic) | (Cypriot syllabic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Salamis_over_Citium_CNG,_EA_165,_30_May_2007,_51.jpg

Overstruck variety

Citium Azbaal.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 165, 30 May 2007, n° 51

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

(Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ram reclining left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ankh in incuse square with florets in corners.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Gorgus (king of Salamis)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0911.09 g <br />11,090 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 50, n° 26, pl. X, n° 4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.nikodamos.bmc.31

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles in fighting stance right, holding club and bow, with lion skin draped from neck

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Lion attacking stag right, all within pelleted square border within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Citium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

double siglos

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Partially flattened by an overstrike; unidentified type with figure running right holding aloft an uncertain object, possibly a Herakles type from Kition"

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,