2289 - Lycia (uncertain mint) (Perikles) (stater - Perikles/warrior) over Evagoras I (Herakles/goat) (Hess-Leu, March 1959, 270)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2289

380 BCE - 370 BCE | ΠΕΡΙΚΛΕ

Images

Overstriking coin

2289_-_Lycia_(uncertain_mint)_(Perikles)_(stater_-_Perikles-warrior).png

Overstruck variety

Salamis_Evagoras_I_Herakles-goat.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hess-Leu, March 1959, 270
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 1262 (Podalia), 432

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Perikles facing, slightly inclined to left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΡΙΚΛΕ (Lycian) Warrior right, naked, wearing crested Corinthian helmet (Perikles as the Lycian hero Sarpedon?) on ground line with grass, holding sword in his raised right hand, round shield attached on his left arm. In right field, star and triskeles. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Lycia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lycia

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:

Perikles (dynast of Lycia c. 380-360 BCE)

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.. 370 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: 9.859.85 g <br />9,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Olçay - Mørkholm 1971, p. 1-29, no. 432., Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 27, n° 84	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mildenberg 19651Mildenberg 1965, A.20-9
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/perikle lycia mildenberg 1965 a.20-9?lang=en

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Goat right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Evagoras I (king of Salamis, 411-374 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 411 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 373 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Cyprus2BMC Cyprus, n° 55
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euagoras i.bmc.55

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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References

^ Mildenberg, Leo (1965), "Mithrapata und Perikles", in Congresso Internazionale di Numismatica, Rome, 1961. Vol. 2: Atti, Rome, p. 45-55, pl. 3-4.
^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,