2050 - Salamis (double siglos ram/no type) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (Gorny, 101, 2003, 370)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2050

530 BCE - 500 BCE𐠁𐠄𐠳 ('E-u-fe' in Cypriot syllabic script)

Images

Overstriking coin

Salamis_over_Paphos_Giessener, _101, _2003, _370.jpg

Overstruck variety

Paphos bull eagle head.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny, 101, 2003, 370

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

𐠁𐠄𐠳 ('E-u-fe' in Cypriot syllabic script) (Cypriot) Ram recumbent to left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

No type.

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:

Euelthon of Salamis (king of Salamis, last quarter of the 6th c. BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 530 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.0610.06 g <br />10,060 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. 18, n° 4	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 46, n° 1-4, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 95, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20083Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 4, Destrooper-Georgiades 20134Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euanthes.sng copenhagen.31

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

𐠢 ('pu' in Cypriot syllabic script) (Cypriot) Bull standing left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of eagle left. Above, palmette ornament. All within dotted square in incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 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:

double siglos

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 75
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.4-13

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
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.
^ 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.