Citium

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 219

The mint at the ancient site of Citium on Cyprus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 1303 - Citium (Melekiathon), gold, hemistaters (392-362 BCE)		Gold	2,316 kg
S 1305 - Citium (Melekiathon), gold, 1/10 staters (392-362 BCE)		Gold	1,073 kg
S 1306 - Citium (Melekiathon), gold, 1/20 staters (392-362 BCE)		Gold	130 kg
S 1307 - Citium (Pumiathon), gold, hemistaters (362-312 BCE)		Gold	36,523 kg
S 618 - Citium (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (191-181 BCE) Olivier		Silver	1,571 kg
S 601 - Citium (Ptolemy V), gold, mnaieia (191-188 BCE)		Gold	26,551 kg
S 619 - Citium (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-169 BCE)		Silver	1,765 kg
S 620 - Citium (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (170-163 BCE)		Silver	6,588 kg
S 621 - Citium (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (163-145 BCE)		Silver	8,215 kg
S 622 - Citium (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (145-116 BCE)		Silver	18,412 kg
H 318 - Citium (Ptolemy VIII), silver, tetradrachms (145-116 BCE) Nicolaou - Mørkholm		Silver	17,380 kg
S 603 - Citium (Ptolemy VIII), gold, mnaieia (143-138 BCE)		Gold	26,551 kg
H 321 - Citium (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (117-113 BCE)		Silver	1,715 kg
S 623 - Citium (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (117-113 BCE)		Silver	1,396 kg
S 624 - Citium (Ptolemy X), silver, tetradrachms (113-104 BCE)		Silver	3,835 kg
H 324 - Citium (Ptolemy X), silver, tetradrachms (113-109 BCE) Nicolaou - Mørkholm		Silver	2,019 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2126 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 46, June 2018, 282)		Silver	449 BC JL
22385 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 38, July 2017, 284)		Silver	449 BC JL
1795 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Roma Numismatics, EA 43, Feb. 2018, 201)		Silver	449 BC JL
1694 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 45, May 2018, 313)		Silver	449 BC JL
22579 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 80, Feb. 2021, 566)		Silver	449 BC JL
22400 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 430, Oct. 2018, 183)		Silver	449 BC JL
2199 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Oxford, AM - Milne 1945, 1)		Silver	449 BC JL
2020 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Bertolami, EA 68, March 2019, 1358 part of).		Silver	449 BC JL
22344 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 547, Oct. 2023, 316)		Silver	449 BC JL
22415 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over uncertain type (Leu, WA 18, Dec. 2021, 1461)		Silver	449 BC JL
22387 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 53, Feb. 2019, 388)		Silver	449 BC JL
2219 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Naumann, 73, Jan. 2019, 240)		Silver	449 BC JL
1939 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roman Numismatics EA 63, Nov. 2017, 280)		Silver	449 BC JL
2211 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 60, Aug. 2019, 357)		Silver	449 BC JL
3805 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 36, May 2017, 171)		Silver	449 BC JL
22469 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, EA 516, May 2022, 298)		Silver	449 BC JL
1862 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Savoca Numismatik, EA 24, July 2018, 123)		Silver	449 BC JL
22424 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 1970.68.2)		Silver	449 BC JL
22479 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Nomos, 20, 10 July 2020, 254)		Silver	449 BC JL
1982 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 30)		Silver	449 BC JL
22435 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 35, May 2017, 353)		Silver	449 BC JL
22405 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Nomos, Obolos 14, Dec. 2019, 266)		Silver	449 BC JL
1803 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 4, Nov. 2018, 374)		Silver	449 BC JL
2344 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Budapest, 1641/013.7)		Silver	449 BC JL
1918 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 43, Feb. 2018, 202)		Silver	449 BC JL
22394 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 120)		Silver	449 BC JL
2337 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (CNG, EA 446, June 2019, 131)		Silver	449 BC JL
2242 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 1953.148.7)		Silver	449 BC JL
22378 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 61, Aug. 2019, 339)		Silver	449 BC JL
22410 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Davissons, 40, March 2021, 66)		Silver	449 BC JL
22382 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 58, June 2019, 352)		Silver	449 BC JL
1947 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum)		Silver	449 BC JL
1904 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, Apr. 2017, 353)		Silver	449 BC JL
22575 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 431, Oct. 2018, 247)		Silver	449 BC JL
22397 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, E-Live 3, Oct. 2018, 260)		Silver	449 BC JL
1747 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.3430)		Silver	449 BC JL
1785 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lying lion/forepart of lion) (IGCH 1255, Kelenderis - Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 15)		Silver	449 BC JL
2256 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Badwin's, 37, May 2003, 731)		Silver	449 BC JL
22391 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 53, Feb. 2019, 389)			449 BC JL
1911 - Citium (Azbaal) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over uncertain type (Heritage Auction, 231942, Oct. 2019, 63110)			449 BC JL
1726 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Ebay seller Spartahelm, 11 Feb. 2018)		Silver	425 BC JL
22466 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (CNG, EA 516, May 2022, 299)		Silver	425 BC JL
1757 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 185, March 2010, 176)		Silver	425 BC JL
1830 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Solidus Numismatik, 21, Nov. 2017, 240)		Silver	425 BC JL
23668 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, 1608)		Silver	425 BC JL
1815 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Athens (Athena/owl) (London, BM, BMC Crete, 35)		Silver	425 BC JL
22569 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 523, Sept. 2022, 231)		Silver	425 BC JL
23671 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Amathus (lion/lion) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1609)		Silver	425 BC JL
2008 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, WA 9, Sept. 2019, 518)		Silver	425 BC JL
1698 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 1951.116.81)		Silver	425 BC JL
22572 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Leu Numismatik, WA 18, Dec. 2021, 1467)		Silver	425 BC JL
28938 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over uncertain type (Triton, XXVIII, Jan. 2025, 5211)		Silver	425 BC JL
3485 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Leu Numismatik, EA 18, Dec. 2021, 1466)		Silver	425 BC JL
2310 - Citium (Baalmelek) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 27, May 2016, 262)		Silver	425 BC JL
2214 - Citium (Baalram) (double siglos Heracles/lion & stag) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Petsalis Coll. - Seltman 1924, 10)		Silver	400 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2055 - Idalium (double siglos Sphinx/incuse square) over Citium (Baalmelek I) (Heracles/lion) (IGCH 1275 - Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 14)		Silver	500 BC JL
1808 - Salamis (double silgos ram/ankh) over Citium (Heracles/lion & stag) (CNG, EA 165, May 2007, 51)		Silver	500 BC JL
2632 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (Roma Numismatics, EA 108, Apr. 2023, 446)		Silver	465 BC JL
2395 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 109)		Silver	465 BC JL
2272 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (CNG, EA 432, Nov. 2018, 80)		Silver	465 BC JL
2414 - Side (double siglos pomegrenate/Athena) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (Gorny & Mosch, 117, Oct. 2002, 309)		Silver	430 BC JL
2410 - Side (double siglos pomegranate/Athena) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (NAC, 88, Oct. 2015, 435)		Silver	430 BC JL
2338 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (Karaman hoard, IGCH 1244)		Silver	420 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	citium
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Citium on Cyprus.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	707534
Ancient regionAncient region.	Cyprus Nomisma: cyprus
Modern countryModern country	Greece
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	34.929597° N, 33.629471° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Larnaca https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707534 http://sws.geonames.org/6697795/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x31344 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7016636

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Literature

• BMC Cyprus
• Callataÿ 2000b
• Destrooper-Georgiades 2013
• Markou 2011
• Nelson 2011
• Seltman 1924b
• Tziambazis 2002
• Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008

Authors

• Anne Destrooper-Georgiades
• George Francis Hill
• Evangelina Markou
• Eleni Zapiti