22394 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 120)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22394

449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Aegina_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_434,_12_Dec._2018,_120.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 434, 12 Dec. 2018, 120
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	From a private German collection.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club and bow

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right in dotted square within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Citium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Azbaal of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 449 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 11.0111.01 g <br />11,010 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, 17, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A1166

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Union Jack incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Attica

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 457 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

stater

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	HGC 63HGC 6, n° 437, Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a stater of Aegina"