380 BCE - 360 BCE | ΣΤΛΕΓΕΙΥΣ
Overstriking coin
Selge_over_Datames_Triton.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Tarsus_Ana_Datames.jpg
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Two wrestlers grappling, astragalos between
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΤΛΕΓΕΙΥΣ Slinger standing right, Y∃ between legs, triskeles to right
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Selge
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Pisidia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Persian Empire
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.7910.79 g <br />10,790 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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'BLTRZ' (Aramaic) Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter, before, thymiaterion, all within crenelated wall
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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'TRDMW' (Aramaic) Ana, nude, standing right, facing satrap, togate, standing left, both raising arm, between them, thymiaterion, all within dotted square border within linear border
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 384 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Persian
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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exceptional
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on a Datames Stater, cf. SNG Levante 83, with traces of the crenelated wall and grape cluster visible on the obverse and Ana's outline visible on the reverse."
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Moysey, Robert A. (1986), "The Silver Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 31, p. 7-61, pl. 1-5.
- ^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.
