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|Sale=Roma Numismatics EA 43 | |Image overstriking coin=Citium_over_Aegina_Roma_Numismatics, _E-sale_43, _3_Febr._2018, _202.jpg | ||
|Private collection=German collection | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1095924&AucID=2178&Lot=202 | ||
|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=Roma Numismatics, EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, 202 = Roma Numismatics, EA 61, 22 Aug. 2019, 338 = Roma Numismatics, EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, 460 | |||
|Private collection=From a private German collection | |||
|Obverse description=Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand. Border of dots. | ||
|Reverse legend=L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) | |Reverse legend=L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) | ||
|Reverse legend language=Aramaic | |||
|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right within dotted incuse square. | |Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right within dotted incuse square. | ||
|Mint=Citium | |Mint=Citium | ||
|Ancient region=Cyprus | |Ancient region=Cyprus | ||
|Authority=Azbaal of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c BC) | |Authority=Azbaal of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c BC) | ||
|Date from=449 | |Date from=449 BCE | ||
|Date to=425 | |Date to=425 BCE | ||
|Period=Classical | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=11.08 | |Weight=11.08 | ||
|Diameter=22 | |Diameter=22 | ||
|Axis=6 | |Axis=6 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=double siglos | ||
|Standard= | |Standard=Persian | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Tziambazis 2002, 17; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Turtle | |Overstruck obverse description=Turtle | ||
|Overstruck reverse description= | |Overstruck reverse description=Union Jack incuse square | ||
|Overstruck mint=Aegina | |Overstruck mint=Aegina | ||
|Overstruck ancient region= | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck date from=480 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=457 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=stater | |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="overstruck on a stater of Aegina" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:12, 9 November 2023
449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, 202 = Roma Numismatics, EA 61, 22 Aug. 2019, 338 = Roma Numismatics, EA 114, 23 Nov. 2023, 460 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From a private German collection |
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. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | L'Z'B'L (in 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: | 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 |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0811.08 g <br />11,080 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).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 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.: | Turtle | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Union Jack 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: | "overstruck on a stater of Aegina" | ||

