22466 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, EA 516, May 2022, 299)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22466


425 BCE - 420 BCE | B'LMLK (in Aramaic)

Images
Overstriking coin
Citium_over_Athens_CNG, _EA516, _18_May_2022, _299.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Athens_under_Citium.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : CNG, EA516, 18 May 2022, 299

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.: B'LMLK (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right 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: Baalmelek II of Citium (king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c. BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8010.8 g <br />10,800 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Crete1BMC Crete, n° 35, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 5–8

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers, olive spray and crescent to left, all within incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 454 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 404 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1597
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck with worn dies on a cut tetradrachm of Athens (the head of Athena is clear on the obverse, owl and ethnic visible on the reverse)"

References

  1. ^  Wroth, Warwick William (1886), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. X : Crete and the Aegean Islands, London, The Trustees, p. 152, pl. XXIX
  2. ^  Zapiti, Eleni - Michaelidou, Lefki (2008), Coins of Cyprus : from the collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 329 p.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.