2566 - Soli (double siglos Athena/grape bunch) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 314, May 2009, 1204)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2566

350 BC - 330 BCE | ΣΟΛΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Soli_2566_Hess_Divo.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hess-Divo, 314, 4v May 2009, 1204

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΟΛΕΩΝ (Greek) Bunch of grapes on vine.

Mint and issuing power

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

Soli-Pompeiopolis (Cilicia)

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:

Persian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 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: 10.6210.62 g <br />10,620 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 145, n° 34	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG France 21SNG France 2, n° 165-172, Callataÿ 2018b2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 145, n° 34
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/soli-pompeiopolis bmc 34

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible on obverse: profile of head

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:	"Überprägungsspuren auf Av. "

References

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