2656 - Phaselis (tetradrachm Apollo/Athena) over Phaselis (Apollo/Athena) (Gemini, 4, Jan. 2008, 206)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2656


167 BCE - 130 BCE | ΦΑ

Images
Overstriking coin
Phaselis_2656_Gemini.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Phaselis 2656 Gemini.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Gemini, 4, 8 Jan. 2008, 206

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΑ (Greek) Athena standing left, resting left hand on spear, extended right hand supporting Nike who holds wreath in right hand and stylis in left. In right field, EPY[ΜΝΕΥΣ] (magistrate's abbreviated name).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Phaselis Ancient regionAncient region. Lycia 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 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: 16.8216.82 g <br />16,820 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Heipp-Tamer 19931Heipp-Tamer 1993, Series 10.1, p. 156, n° 323-326
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΑ (Greek) Athena standing left, resting left hand on spear, extended right hand supporting Nike who holds wreath in right hand and stylis in left. In right field, EΛΥΣΙΣ and ΙΣΤΡ (magistrate's abbreviated names).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Phaselis Ancient regionAncient region.  Lycia 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. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 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 StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Heipp-Tamer 19931Heipp-Tamer 1993, Series 10.1, p. 156, n° 323-326
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on another coin of the same types, with fragmentary traces of magistrate's name ΛΥΣΙΣ and ΙΣΤΡ visible in two places"

References

  1. a b  Heipp-Tamer, Christine (1993), Die Münzprägung der lykischen Stadt Phaselis in griechischer Zeit, Saarbrücken, 182 p., 32 pl.