2429 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes KF/slinger) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, R 2947)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2429

375 BCE - 325 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1769_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 2947

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, KF. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles. All within an dotted incuse square.

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:

Persian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0411.04 g <br />11,040 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Mørkholm 1959, 146, SNG France 3, n° 102	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 217, Mørkholm 19592Mørkholm 1959, 146, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien3SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4544, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 103, Tekin 20005Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
^ Mørkholm, Otto (1959), "A South Anatolian Hoard", Acta Archaeologica, Vol. 30, p. 184-201, pl. 4.
^ 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