3805 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 36, May 2017, 171)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3805

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

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Aegina_Roma_Numismatics,_25_May_2017,_171.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 36, 27 May 2017, 171

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border 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: 11.0611.06 g <br />11,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 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

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sea turtle (visible on the coin's reverse : into the top right hand corner).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (visible on the coin's obverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).

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:	"Obverse weakly struck leaving most of the undertype visible, this being an Aegina stater mill-sail reverse pattern, while the sea turtle from the obverse of the Aegina stater is still partially visible swimming into the top right hand corner of the incuse square of the Kition over-type"