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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1947

449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Athens_Oxford,_AM.jpg

Overstruck variety

Athens under Citium.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

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. Dotted border.

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8810.88 g <br />10,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Milne, "Overstruck Cypriote Staters", The Numismatic Chronicle 5/1 (1945), p. 78-79, no. 2.	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, Milne 19454Milne 1945, p. 78-79, n° 2
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A1166

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, closed tail feathers, olive spray and crescent to left, all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Athens

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. 454 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 404 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

HGC 45HGC 4, n° 1597

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ Milne, Joseph Grafton (1945), "Overstruck Cypriote staters", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (5), p. 78-79.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.

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+|Image overstruck variety=Athens under Citium.jpg
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 |Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
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 |Reverse legend=L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
+|Reverse legend language=Aramaic
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+|Date from=449 BCE
-|Date to=425
+|Date to=425 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=10.88
-|Denomination=Stater
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-|Standard=Persic (BMC)
+|Standard=Persian
-|Coin reference=J. G. Milne, "Overstruck Cypriote Staters", The Numismatic Chronicle 5/1 (1945), p. 78-79, no. 2.
+|Coin reference=Milne, "Overstruck Cypriote Staters", The Numismatic Chronicle 5/1 (1945), p. 78-79, no. 2.
-|Coin series reference=E. Zapiti and L. Michaelidou, Coins of Cyprus. From the Collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, 2008, no. 5-6;G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 10-11, no. 16-18 (pl. III, 1-4)
+|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; Milne 1945, p. 78-79, n° 2
+|Coin series web reference=https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A1166
+|Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Athena right, with frontal eye
+|Overstruck reverse legend=AΘE
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
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 |Overstruck ancient region=Attica
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+|Overstruck date to=404 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
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+|Level of confidence=strong
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