22387 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 53, Feb. 2019, 388)
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+ | |Sale=Roma Numismatics, EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, 388 | ||
+ | |Obverse description=Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club and bow | ||
+ | |Reverse legend=L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) | ||
+ | |Reverse legend language=Aramaic | ||
+ | |Reverse description=Lion attacking stag crouching right in dotted square within incuse square | ||
+ | |Mint=Citium | ||
+ | |Ancient region=Cyprus | ||
+ | |Authority=Azbaal of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c BC) | ||
+ | |Date from=449 BCE | ||
+ | |Date to=425 BCE | ||
+ | |Period=Classical | ||
+ | |Metal=Silver | ||
+ | |Weight=11.30 | ||
+ | |Diameter=21 | ||
+ | |Axis=3 | ||
+ | |Denomination=double siglos | ||
+ | |Standard=Persian | ||
+ | |Coin series reference=Tziambazis 2002, 17; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5 | ||
+ | |Coin series web reference=https://kyprioscharacter.eie.gr/en/cyprus-coins/details/A1166 | ||
+ | |Overstruck obverse description=Turtle | ||
+ | |Overstruck reverse description=Union Jack incuse square | ||
+ | |Overstruck mint=Aegina | ||
+ | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
+ | |Overstruck date from=480 BCE | ||
+ | |Overstruck date to=457 BCE | ||
+ | |Overstruck period=Classical | ||
+ | |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 | |Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
|Remarks="The clear outline of the undertype can be seen on both the obverse and reverse of this coin: on the obverse, the turtles left hand flippers can be seen in the field to the left of Herakles, while the incuse reverse pattern can be discerned across the body of the stag." | |Remarks="The clear outline of the undertype can be seen on both the obverse and reverse of this coin: on the obverse, the turtles left hand flippers can be seen in the field to the left of Herakles, while the incuse reverse pattern can be discerned across the body of the stag." | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:19, 4 November 2023
449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 53, 7 Feb. 2019, 388 | |
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.: | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) 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.. 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: 11.3011.3 g <br />11,300 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.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Tziambazis 20021 , Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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 63 , Meadows (forthcoming)4 | ||
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: | "The clear outline of the undertype can be seen on both the obverse and reverse of this coin: on the obverse, the turtles left hand flippers can be seen in the field to the left of Herakles, while the incuse reverse pattern can be discerned across the body of the stag." |
References
- ^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).