3485 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Leu Numismatik, EA 18, Dec. 2021, 1466): Difference between revisions
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|Sale=Leu Numismatik EA 18 | |Image overstriking coin=Citium_over_Aegina_Leu, _Web_18, _18_Dec._2021, _lot_1466.jpg | ||
|Obverse description=Herakles right, wearing | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1934702&AucID=4552&Lot=1466 | ||
|Reverse description=Lion | |Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2238447&AucID=5442&Lot=855 | |||
|Sale=Leu Numismatik, EA 18, 19 Dec. 2021, 1466 | |||
|Private collection="From a European collection, formed before 2005" | |||
|Obverse description=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. | |||
|Reverse legend=B'LMLK (in Aramaic) | |||
|Reverse legend language=Aramaic | |||
|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right within incuse square. | |||
|Mint=Citium | |Mint=Citium | ||
|Ancient region=Cyprus | |Ancient region=Cyprus | ||
|Authority=Baalmelek II | |Authority=Baalmelek II of Citium (king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c. BC) | ||
|Date from=425 | |Date from=425 BCE | ||
|Date to=400 | |Date to=400 BCE | ||
|Denomination=stater | |Period=Classical | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=11.00 | |||
|Diameter=22 | |||
|Axis=5 | |||
|Denomination=double siglos | |||
|Standard=Persian | |||
|Coin series reference=BMC Crete, n° 35; Tziambazis 2002, 19 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Turtle | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Skew pattern incuse square. | |||
|Overstruck mint=Aegina | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |||
|Overstruck date from=480 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=457 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=stater | |||
|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 6, n° 437 ; Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows_askari.2a-c | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="Traces of overstriking" | |||
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 07:22, 6 November 2023
425 BCE - 400 BCE | B'LMLK (in Aramaic)
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 18, 19 Dec. 2021, 1466 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | "From a European collection, formed before 2005" |
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.: | 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.. 400 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0011 g <br />11,000 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.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Crete1BMC Crete, n° 35, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, 19 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Skew pattern incuse square. |
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 ![]() |
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: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of overstriking" |
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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).