449 BCE - 425 BCE | L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roman Numismatics, EA 46, 5 June 2018, 282
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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"From a private German collection"
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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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.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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L'Z'B'L (in Aramaic) (Aramaic) Lion attacking stag crouching right inside dotted border within incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Classical 480-323 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: 11.0211.02 g <br />11,020 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 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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Bull standing left, winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(Cypriot) Eagle standing left, one-handled vase to left, Basi Stasa in Cypriot around, all within dotted square in incuse square
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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
References
- ^ Wroth, Warwick William (1886), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. X : Crete and the Aegean Islands, London, The Trustees, p. 152, pl. XXIX
- a b Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- a b 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.
