1830 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Solidus Numismatik, 21, Nov. 2017, 240)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1830

425 BCE - 420 BCE | B'LMLK (in Aramaic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Citium_over_Aegina_Solidus_Numismatik, _Monthly_Auction_21, _4_Nov._2017, _240.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Solidus Numismatik, Monthly Auction 21, 4 Nov. 2017, 240

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.:

B'LMLK (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:

Baalmelek II of Citium (king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c. BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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: 11.0311.03 g <br />11,030 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, 17, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 5
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalmelek ii.babelon.1893.678-689

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sea turtle.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (mill-sail pattern)

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

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 63HGC 6, n° 437, Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägung eines Staters aus Aigina"

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).