2333 - Aspendus (AE horse/sling) over Side (pomegranate/Athena) (Ancient Imports)
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300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΑΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ancient Imports | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Forepart of reigned horse right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΣ (Greek) Sling. Border of dots. |
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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.55.5 g <br />5,500 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.7319.73 mm <br />1.973 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Lycia1BMC Lycia, p. 102, n° 69-71, SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia2SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 252-257, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien3SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4581, SNG France 34SNG France 3, 126-137 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing helmet (visible on reverse). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Pomegranate. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Side | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Pamphylia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | BMC Lycia1BMC Lycia, p. 150-152, n° 59-72, SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia2SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 379-389 or 401-412, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 740-774 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- a b Hill, George Francis (1897), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XVIII : Lycia, Pamphylia, Pisidia, London, The Trustees, p. 353, pl. 44.
- a b 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.
- a b 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.
