500 BCE - 480 BCE(Cypriot syllabic) | (Cypriot syllabic)
Overstriking coin
Salamis_over_Citium_CNG,_EA_165,_30_May_2007,_51.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 165, 30 May 2007, n° 51
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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(Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ram reclining left
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ankh in incuse square with florets in corners.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Salamis
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cyprus
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Gorgus (king of Salamis)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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Archaic until 480 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0911.09 g <br />11,090 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Herakles in fighting stance right, holding club and bow, with lion skin draped from neck
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Lion attacking stag right, all within pelleted square border within incuse square
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Citium
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Cyprus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Persian
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Partially flattened by an overstrike; unidentified type with figure running right holding aloft an uncertain object, possibly a Herakles type from Kition"
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References
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
