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1830 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Solidus Numismatik, 21, Nov. 2017, 240): Difference between revisions

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|Sale=Solidus Numismatik, Monthly Auction 21 (04/11/2017), no. 240.
|Image overstriking coin=Citium_over_Aegina_Solidus_Numismatik,_Monthly_Auction_21,_4_Nov._2017,_240.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1081953&AucID=2130&Lot=240
|Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2238447&AucID=5442&Lot=855
|Sale=Solidus Numismatik, Monthly Auction 21, 4 Nov. 2017, 240
|Obverse description=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.
|Obverse description=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.
|Reverse legend=B'LMLK (in Aramaic)  
|Reverse legend=B'LMLK (in Aramaic)
|Reverse legend language=Aramaic
|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border within incuse square.
|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border within incuse square.
|Mint=Citium
|Mint=Citium
|Ancient region=Cyprus
|Ancient region=Cyprus
|Authority=Baalmelek II of Citium (king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c. BC)
|Authority=Baalmelek II of Citium (king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c. BC)
|Date from=449 BCE
|Date to=420 BCE
|Period=Classical
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=11.03
|Weight=11.03
|Diameter=23
|Diameter=23
|Denomination=Stater
|Denomination=double siglos
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 9-10;G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 14, no. 35 (pl. III, 12)
|Standard=Persian
|Coin series reference=Tziambazis 2002, 17; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5
|Overstruck obverse description=Sea turtle.
|Overstruck obverse description=Sea turtle.
|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible on the coin's obverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).
|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (mill-sail pattern)
|Overstruck mint=Aegina
|Overstruck mint=Aegina
|Overstruck ancient region=Aegina
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
|Overstruck date from=480 BCE
|Overstruck date to=457 BCE
|Overstruck denomination=stater
|Overstruck denomination=stater
|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 6, n° 437 ; Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows_askari.2a-c
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Überprägung eines Staters aus Aigina"
}}
}}

Revision as of 17:06, 4 November 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1830


449 BCE - 420 BCE | B'LMLK (in Aramaic)

Images
Overstriking coin
Citium_over_Aegina_Solidus_Numismatik,_Monthly_Auction_21,_4_Nov._2017,_240.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Solidus Numismatik, Monthly Auction 21, 4 Nov. 2017, 240

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. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: B'LMLK (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: Baalmelek II of Citium (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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0311.03 g <br />11,030 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 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.: Sea turtle. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse square (mill-sail pattern)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Aegina Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 63HGC 6, n° 437, Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Überprägung eines Staters aus Aigina"

References

  1. ^  Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  4. ^  Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).