2214 - Citium (Baalram) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Petsalis Coll. - Seltman 1924, 10)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2214

400 BCE - 392 BCE | LMLKB (Aramaic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Aegina_Athens, _Petsalis.jpg

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [1]

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Athens, Petsalis collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Side hoard

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

LMLKB (Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right within dotted 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:

Baalram of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium, early 4th c. BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 392 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
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Seltman 1924b, n° 10, p. 6-7, pl. 3.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, London, n° 71, Seltman 1924b2Seltman 1924b, n° 10, p. 6-7, pl. 3, Tziambazis 20023Tziambazis 2002, 28, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20084Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Aegina

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 65HGC 6, n° 437, Meadows (forthcoming)6Meadows (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: