2410 - Side (double siglos pomegranate/Athena) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (NAC, 88, Oct. 2015, 435)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2410

430 BCE - 400 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1791_-_Side_(double_siglos_pomegranate-Athena).jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Citium_Baalmelek.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	NAC, 88, 8 Oct. 2015, 435 ; Nomos, 13, 7 Oct. 2016, 224

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pomegrenate. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Il right field, oliv branch. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Side

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pamphylia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Persian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 430 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 10.8310.83 g <br />10,830 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.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 141, n° 18	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 369, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4765, Atlan 19673Atlan 1967, IV.34-44, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 628, Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 141, n° 18
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/side atlan 1967 iv.34-44

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles right, naked, wearing lion skin, brandishing club in his right hand and holding bow in his outstretched left hand.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Stag kneeling right attacked by lion right on its back.

Mint and issuing power

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

Citium

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

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.. 400 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	BMC Cyprus6BMC Cyprus, Citium, n° 29-48 or n° 678-689
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalmelek ii.bmc.29-48 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalmelek ii.babelon.1893.678-689

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike