1795 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Roma Numismatics, EA 43, Feb. 2018, 201)

From SILVER


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

Images
Overstriking coin
Citium_over_Salamis_Roma_Auction, _E-Sale_43, _3_Febr._2018, _Lot_201.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amathus_under_Citium.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Roma Auction, EA 43, 3 Feb. 2018, 201
Private collection(s) ᵖ: From a private English collection

Overstriking coin

Description
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. Dotted border. Reverse: L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Citium Ancient region Cyprus Modern country: Greece Authority: Azbaal of Citium (Phoenician king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c BC)
Chronology
From 449 BCE to 425 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 10.9510.95 g <br />10,950 mg <br /> Denomination: double siglos Nomisma.org Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> Standard: Persian
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1BMC Cyprus, p. 10-11, n° 16-18, pl. III, n° 1-4, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Tziambazis 2002, n° 17, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 5
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Lion crouching right, above, eagle flying right, between lion and eagle Reverse: Forepart of lion right, with mouth agape
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Amathus Ancient region ᵖ Cyprus Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 450 BCE to 435 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: double siglos Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Persian
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Amandry 1984, n° 126a, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Tziambazis 2002, n° 2
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: nb: no mention of overstrike

References

  1. ^  Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
  2. a b  Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Amandry, Paris (1984), "Le monnayage d'Amathonte", in Pierre Aupert and Marie-Christine Hellmann (eds.), Amathonte I. Testimonia. 1. Auteurs anciens - Monnayage - Voyageurs Fouilles - Origines - Géographie, Etudes chypriotes 4, Paris, p. 57-76, pl. 11-20.