2582 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Samos (lion/bull) (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 107)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2582


465 BCE - 430 BCE | ΕΣΤ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1752_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_hoplite-triskeles).jpeg [1]
Overstruck variety
Samos_Aspendus.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 434, 12 Dec. 2018, 107

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Warrior walking right, naked, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield attached on left arm. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΣΤ (Greek) Triskeles of human legs. Behind, lion crouching left. All within 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. 465 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 1, Part 2, p. 526-530, n° 869-70, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4484, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 12-13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Facing lion scalp ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (Greek) Forepart of ox right, olive branch to left, E (date) below, all within incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Samos Ancient regionAncient region.  Ionia (islands) Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 453 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Barron 19664Barron 1966, Class VII, HGC 65HGC 6, n° 1190
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on a stater of Samos (Barron Class VII, rev. die P74 [dated CY 5 = 450/49 BC])"

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  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. ^  Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
  5. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.