2512 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes ΠΟ/slinger) over uncertain type (London, BM, RPK, p. 110B.20. Asp)

From SILVER


375 BCE - 325 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1771_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png [1]
Location/history
Museum collection: London, British Museum, RPK, p. 110B.20.
Private collection(s) ᵖ: Richard Payne Knight coll.

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, ΠΟ. Border of dots. Reverse: EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, forepart of horse and monogram. All within an dotted square.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Aspendus Ancient region Pamphylia Modern country: Turkey Authority: Persian Empire
Chronology
From 375 BCE to 325 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 10.0610.06 g <br />10,060 mg <br /> Denomination: double siglos Nomisma.org
Standard: Persian
References
Coin reference: Knight 1830,, BMC Lycia, p. 101, n° 68 and pl. XXI, 13, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_RPK-p110B-20-Asp, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 139, n° 9 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° 245 (without circle), "[[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° 4571 (without circle), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SNG France 3, n° 110, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 4, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 139, n° 9
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  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
  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.