26739 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Caria (uncertain mint) (winged male figure/lion) (CNG, EA 434, Dec. 2018, 108)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26739

464 BCE - 430 BCE | EΣT above

Images

Overstriking coin

Aspendus_over_Caria_CNG,_EA_434,_12_Dec._2018,_108..jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Caria_uncertain_mint_winged_lion.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 434, 12 Dec. 2018, 108

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Warrior advancing right, holding shield and spear

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣT above Triskeles, below, lion standing 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. 464 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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: 10.8810.88 g <br />10,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

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° 4482-83, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 12-13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus babelon 1907 869-70

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Naked male figure, with wings at shoulder and heel, in kneeling-running position advancing left on dotted groundline, left arm raised and right arm lowered, in front,

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Ι - 𐊡 𐊰𐋀 (retrograde) (Carian) Lion standing left on dotted groundline, with head turned back, right forepaw raised, all within square incuse

Mint and issuing power

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

Caria (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Caria

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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

double siglos

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/uncertain caria a konuk 2007 m32?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a stater from an uncertain mint in Caria (cf. CNG 88, lot 379)."

References

^ Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
^ 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.