2584 - Side (double siglos pomegrenate/Athena) over Phaselis (prow/stern) (Paris, BnF, FG 494)
From SILVER
460 BCE - 450 BCE
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds général 494 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pomegrenate above dolphin left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Side | Ancient regionAncient region. | Pamphylia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 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: 11.0111.01 g <br />11,010 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos | |
StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Kraay 1969, p. 15-16, n° 6, 1 and pl. XVI, 1, Atlan 1967, 6: O6-R4, SNG France 3, n° 625, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 12 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 1901-19321 , SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia2 , SNG von Aulock Pamphylien3 , Atlan 19674 , SNG France 35 , Callataÿ 2018b6 |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Prow terminating in a boar’s forepart, with 3 shields. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Phaselis | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Lycia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG von Aulock Lykien7 , Heipp-Tamer 19938 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.
- ^ Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Lykien. 10 Heft (n° 4041-4876), Berlin, 1964.
- ^ Heipp-Tamer, Christine (1993), Die Münzprägung der lykischen Stadt Phaselis in griechischer Zeit, Saarbrücken, 182 p., 32 pl.