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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Leu Numismatik EA 18 (19/12/2021), no. 1466
|Image overstriking coin=Citium_over_Aegina_Leu, _Web_18, _18_Dec._2021, _lot_1466.jpg
|Obverse description=Herakles right, wearing the lion scalp, brandishing the club. Border of dots.
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1934702&AucID=4552&Lot=1466
|Reverse description=Lion bitting a dear to right. Border of dots.
|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

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 3485


425 BCE - 400 BCE | B'LMLK (in Aramaic)

Images
Overstriking coin
Citium_over_Aegina_Leu, _Web_18, _18_Dec._2021, _lot_1466.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: stater Nomisma.org 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

  1. ^  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
  2. ^  Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).

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