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|Sale=Heritage Auction 231942 | |Image overstriking coin=Citium_over_uncertain_Heritage_Auction,_sale_231942,_ends_18_Oct._2019,_lot_63110.jpg | ||
|Obverse description=Herakles in fighting stance | |Sale=Heritage Auction, 231942, 18 Oct. 2019, 63110 | ||
|Reverse legend=L'Z'B'L (in | |Obverse description=Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club and bow | ||
|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right | |Reverse legend=L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) | ||
|Reverse legend language=Aramaic | |||
|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right in dotted square 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 | |||
|Weight=11.14 | |Weight=11.14 | ||
|Diameter=24 | |Diameter=24 | ||
|Denomination=double siglos | |||
|Denomination= | |Standard=Persian | ||
|Standard= | |Coin series reference=BMC Crete, p. 10-11, n° 16-18, pl. III, n° 1-4; Tziambazis 2002, n° 17; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 5 | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series web reference=https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A1166 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Remarks="overstruck" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:58, 5 November 2023
449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Images
Overstriking coin
Citium_over_uncertain_Heritage_Auction,_sale_231942,_ends_18_Oct._2019,_lot_63110.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Auction, 231942, 18 Oct. 2019, 63110 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club and bow | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right in dotted square 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.1411.14 g <br />11,140 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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| 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, n° 17, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20083Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 5 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck" | ||
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.
- ^ 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.
