2380 - Tarsus (double siglos Baaltars/satrap) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 199, Oct. 2011, 523)

369 BCE - 360 BCEB'LTRZ (Aramaic characters) | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)

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Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 199, 10 Oct. 2011, 523 = Gorny & Mosch, Stuttgart 1, 22 Nov. 2010, 271

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

B'LTRZ (Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Baaltars seated right, holding eagle-tipped scepter, bunch of grapes and ear of grain. Crenellated wall border.

Reverse:

TRKMW (in Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Satrap seated right, wearing Persian dress, holding arrow. In upper right field, winged solar disk with volutes and below, bow. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Tarsus

Ancient region

Cilicia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Persian Empire, Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia

Chronology

From 369 BCE to 360 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 10.5210.52 g <br />10,520 mg <br />	Denomination: double siglos
		Standard: Persian

References

Coin reference:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 42	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Moysey 1986, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 42
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames satrap tarsus moysey 1986 6

Overstruck type

Description

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Reverse:

visible on reverse: curve line on the upper field

Mint and issuing power

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Chronology

From to

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Physical description

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"Überprägungsspuren"

References

^ 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.
^ 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.