2656 - Phaselis (tetradrachm Apollo/Athena) over Phaselis (Apollo/Athena) (Gemini, 4, Jan. 2008, 206)
From SILVER
167 BCE - 130 BCE | ΦΑ
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | 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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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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. ᵖ: | Phaselis | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Lycia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm ![]() |
StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | 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" |