1800 - Salamis (Nikodamos) (double siglos ram/ankh) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (NAC, 106, 9 May 2018, 310)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1800

460 BCE - 450 BCE"pa-si-le-wo-se/ni-ko" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa / ni-ko-ta-mo" (Cypriot syllabic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Salamis_1800_NAC.jpg

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 106, 9 May 2018, 310 = Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny, 69, 1994, 424
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Hoard from East (Pfisterer A24)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se/ni-ko" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ram lying left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa / ni-ko-ta-mo" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ankh within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

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:

Nikodamos of Salamis (king of Salamis, third quarter of the 5th century BC)

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: 11.3211.32 g <br />11,320 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 21, n° 24	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Zapiti - Michaelidou 20081Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 12, Destrooper-Georgiades 20132Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 21, n° 24
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.nikodamos.bmc.31

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Land tortoise with segmented shell (visible on the coin's obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern (visible on the coin's reverse : mill-sail reverse 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

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° 435, 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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking"

References

^ 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.
^ Destrooper-Georgiades, A. (2013), "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes," in Demetrios Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, p. 9-40.
^ 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).