425 BCE - 400 BCE | B'LMLK (in Aramaic)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Leu Numismatik, EA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, 1609
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From a European collection, formed before 2005
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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. In right field, ankh. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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B'LMLK (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. 425 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
| 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: 11.0011 g <br />11,000 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.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 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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Lion crouching right, above, eagle flying right, between lion and eagle
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Forepart of lion right, with mouth agape
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Amathus
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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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 BCE
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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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frequent
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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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"Traces of overstriking ...The undertype of this issue of Baalmelek II is an extremely rare stater by the uncertain king Mo... from Amathos, featuring an eagle above a recumbent lion on the obverse and the forepart of a lion on the reverse (see Leu 5 (2019), 192)."
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References
- a b 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.
