2412 - Tarsus (AE Tyche/Sandan) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 118)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2412

164 BCE - 27 BCE | ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Tarsus_2412_CNG.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 434, 12 Dec. 2018, 118

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tyche right , wearing turreted wreath. Border of beads.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΑΡΣΕΩΝ (Greek) Sandan standing on the back of a mythological beast right, holding hammer and flower.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tarsus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cilicia

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. 164 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 27 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.7711.77 g <br />11,770 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG France 21SNG France 2, n° 1296–1303
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tarsus sng levante 1986 962-70

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: head of Zeus?

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on an uncertain issue (head of Zeus[?] visible on reverse)"

References

^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.