2214 - Citium (Baalram) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Petsalis Coll. - Seltman 1924, 10)
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− | |Coin reference=Seltman | + | |Coin reference=Seltman 1924b, n° 10, p. 6-7, pl. 3. |
− | |Coin series reference=BMC Cyprus, London, n° 71; Seltman | + | |Coin series reference=BMC Cyprus, London, n° 71; Seltman 1924b, n° 10, p. 6-7, pl. 3; Tziambazis 2002, 28; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008 |
|Overstruck obverse description=Turtle. | |Overstruck obverse description=Turtle. | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square. | |Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square. |
Revision as of 00:36, 5 November 2023
400 BCE - 392 BCE | LMLKB (Aramaic)
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Athens, Petsalis collection | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Side hoard |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | LMLKB (Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right within dotted 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: | Baalram of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium, early 4th c. BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 392 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.: Aeginetic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Seltman 1924b, n° 10, p. 6-7, pl. 3. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Cyprus1 , Seltman 1924b2 , Tziambazis 20023 , Zapiti - Michaelidou 20084 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aegina | 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 65 , Meadows (forthcoming)6 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
- ^ Seltman, Charles T. (1924), A Hoard from Side, NNM 22, New York
- ^ 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).