2344 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Budapest, 1641/013.7)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2344

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

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Athens_Budapest,_1641_013.7.jpg

Overstruck variety

Athens under Citium.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Budapest, 1641/013.7

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.:

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: 11.0111.01 g <br />11,010 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 60

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, Destrooper-Georgiades 20134Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 60

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.:

AΘΕ (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:	sure
RemarksRemarks: