20402 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Cilicia (uncertain mint) (city wall/bull) (CNG, EA 522, Aug. 2022, 144)
From SILVER
465 BCE - 430 BCE | ΕΣΤ
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 522, 24 Aug. 2022, 144 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Warrior walking right, naked, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield attached on left arm. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΕΣΤ Triskeles of human legs. All within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Aspendus | 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. 465 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8510.85 g <br />10,850 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 17.517.5 mm <br />1.75 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 1901-19321 , SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia2 , SNG von Aulock Pamphylien3 , SNG France 34 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Crenelated city wall with three towers | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Forepart of bull advancing right, symbol to lower right, all within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Cilicia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cilicia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 465 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: | double siglos |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an stater from an uncertain mint in southern Asia Minor, with types: crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right" |
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.
- ^ 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.