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|Sale=Roman Numismatics | |Image overstriking coin=Citium_over_Paphos_Roma_Numismatics.jpg | ||
|Private collection=German collection | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1199555&AucID=2382&Lot=282 | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Paphos_Stasandros.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2135475&AucID=5117&Lot=331 | |||
|Sale=Roman Numismatics, EA 46, 5 June 2018, 282 | |||
|Private collection="From a private German collection" | |||
|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. | |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=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 inside dotted border within incuse square. | |Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border within 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=11.02 | |Weight=11.02 | ||
|Diameter=24 | |Diameter=24 | ||
|Axis=8 | |Axis=8 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=double siglos | ||
|Standard= | |Standard=Persian | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=BMC Crete, p. 10-11, n° 16-18 (pl. III, n° 1-4); Tziambazis 2002, 17; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description= | |Coin series web reference=https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A1166 | ||
|Overstruck reverse description= | |Overstruck obverse description=Bull standing left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Cypriot | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle standing left; one-handled vase to left, Basi Stasa in Cypriot around; all within dotted square in incuse square | |||
|Overstruck mint=Paphos | |Overstruck mint=Paphos | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Cyprus | |Overstruck ancient region=Cyprus | ||
|Overstruck denomination=stater | |Overstruck authority=Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC) | ||
|Overstruck date from=450 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=400 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=double siglos | |||
|Overstruck standard=Persian | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Tziambazis 2002, n° 7; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=http://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A5001 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks=Overstruck on a stater of Paphos | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 6 November 2023
449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roman Numismatics, EA 46, 5 June 2018, 282 | |
| 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 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.: | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border 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: | 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  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0211.02 g <br />11,020 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Crete1BMC Crete, p. 10-11, n° 16-18 (pl. III, n° 1-4), Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, 17, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20083Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bull standing left, winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Cypriot) Eagle standing left, one-handled vase to left, Basi Stasa in Cypriot around, all within dotted square in incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Paphos | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cyprus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Persian |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 7, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20083Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7 | ||
| 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 Paphos | ||
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
- a b Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- a b Zapiti, Eleni - Michaelidou, Lefki (2008), Coins of Cyprus : from the collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 329 p.
