2199 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Oxford, AM - Milne 1945, 1): Difference between revisions
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|Denomination=Stater | |Denomination=Stater | ||
|Standard=Persic (BMC) | |Standard=Persic (BMC) | ||
Revision as of 16:47, 16 August 2022
449 - 425 | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Images
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, 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) 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.89.8 g <br />9,800 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater | |
| StandardStandard.: Persic (BMC) | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | J. G. Milne, "Overstruck Cypriote Staters", The Numismatic Chronicle 5/1 (1945), p. 78-79, no. 1. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | E. Zapiti and L. Michaelidou1E. Zapiti and L. Michaelidou, Coins of Cyprus. From the Collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, 2008, no. 5-6, G. F. Hill2G. 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) |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina? | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aegina? | 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
