22344 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 547, Oct. 2023, 316)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22344

449 BCE - 420 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Aegina_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _EA_547, _4_Oct._2023, _316.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 547, 4 Oct. 2023, 316

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.:

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.. 420 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: 11.1911.19 g <br />11,190 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 21.521.5 mm <br />2.15 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, 17, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Union Jack incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 457 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	HGC 63HGC 6, n° 437, Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a stater of Aegina (cf. HGC 6, 437)"