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449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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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.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border within incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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: 10.9510.95 g <br />10,950 mg <br />
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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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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'e-u-wa-ko-ro' in Cypriot script before (Cypriot) Head of bearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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combined Greek and Cypriot script legend reading 'pa-si-le-wo-se' - EY around (Cypriot) Goat with long horns and beard lying to right on dotted ground line, barley-grain above
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 411 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 374 BCE
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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:
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double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Persian
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References
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.
