2388 - Issus (double siglos Apollo/Heracles) over Salamis (Heracles/ram) (Gorny & Mosch, 142, Oct. 2005, 1593)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2388

410 BCE - 390 BCEΙΣΣΙ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 142, 10 Oct. 2005, 1593

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

ΙΣΣΙ (Greek) Apollo standing left, holding a patera and resting against laurel tree. Border of dots.

Reverse:

Herakles standing right, holding club, bow, arrow and lion’s skin. In upper left field, wreath. In lower field right, ankh.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Issus

Ancient region

Cilicia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Persian Empire

Chronology

From 410 BCE to 390 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 10.4710.47 g <br />10,470 mg <br />	Denomination: double siglos
		Standard: Persian

References

Coin reference:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 143, n° 25	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 2018b, p. 143, n° 25
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/issus brindley group 3

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

'e-u-wa-ko-ro' in Cypriot script before (Cypriot) Head of bearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse:

Cypriot script legend reading 'pa-si-le-wo-se' (Cypriot) Ram with long horns and beard lying to right on dotted ground line, barley-grain above, EY around.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Salamis

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

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

Chronology

From 411 BCE to 374 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

stater

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.]]2Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 6
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euagoras i.markou.2011.193-194

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	"overstruck on Salamis, c. 411-373 BC (obv.: head of Herakles r.; rev.: ram recumbent right on a dotted line)"

References

^ 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.
^ Zapiti, Eleni - Michaelidou, Lefki (2008), Coins of Cyprus : from the collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 329 p.