22469 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, EA 516, May 2022, 298)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22470

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

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Athens_CNG,_EA516,_18_May_2022,_298.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Athens under Citium.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, EA 516, 18 May 2022, 298

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 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: 10.9810.98 g <br />10,980 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
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, p. 10-11, n° 16-18, pl. III, n° 1-4, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 17, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20083Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 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.:

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. ^ᵖ:

Athens

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. 454 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 404 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:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

HGC 44HGC 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)"

References

^ 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
^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
^ 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.
^ 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.