2340 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Tarsus (Female head/Ares) (Baldwin, 34, Oct. 2003, 141)

Coin reference:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 138-139, n° 4	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 209, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4525, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SNG France 3, n° 57, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 3, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 138-139, n° 4
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 3

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Female head turned slightly left, wearing earring and necklace.

Reverse:

Legend in Aramaic Male head (Ares?) left, wearing Crested Attic helmet (visible on the obverse: traces (locks of hair) below the feet of the wrestlers).

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Tarsus

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Cilicia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Persian Empire, Pharnabazus II (Achaemenid Persian Satrap in Asia Minor, c. 413-374 BC), Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia

Chronology

From 373 BCE to 368 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

double siglos

Standard ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6SNG Copenhagen Lycaonia-Cilicia, n° 281-294, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]7SNG von Aulock Kilikien, n° 5936-5942, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]8SNG France 2, n° 258-273, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]9Moysey 1986, Issue 4
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames satrap tarsus moysey 1986 4

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:	"trace of undertype (SNG Paris 57)" (nb: problem of chronology)

References

^ 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.
^ Tekin, Oguz (2000), "Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach", in: Casabonne, Olivier (ed), Mecanismes et innovations monetaires dans l'Anatolie achemenide : numismatique et histoire : actes de la table ronde internationale d'Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, Institut français d'etudes antoliennes d'Istanbul, p.159-169, pl. 27-28
^ Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.
^ Breitenstein, Neils (1956), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 34, Lycaonia-Cilicia.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Kilikien. 13 Heft (n° 5413-6098), Berlin, 1966.
^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 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.