2459 - Side (double siglos pomegrenate/Athena) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (ram/laurel branch) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 438)
From SILVER
430 BCE - 400 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 438 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Pomegrenate. Border of dots. | Reverse: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Il right field, oliv branch. All within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Side | Ancient region | Pamphylia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| From 430 BCE to 400 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Silver
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Weight in grams: 9.869.86 g <br />9,860 mg <br /> | Denomination: double siglos
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Axis: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br /> |
| Diameter: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br /> | Standard: Persian | ||
References
| Coin reference: | Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 15 | 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° 369, "[[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° 4765, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Atlan 1967, IV.34-44, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SNG France 3, n° 628, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 15 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Ram walking left upon which an ankh symbol is superimposed | Reverse: | Laurel branch with three fruits, all within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Cyprus (uncertain mint) | Ancient region ᵖ | Cyprus | Modern country: Greece | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 500 BCE to 460 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC period
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Physical description
| Denomination ᵖ: | double siglos
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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.]]6Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, 2 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidence: | sure |
| Remarks: | "overstruck on uncertain type" | ||
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.
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
