28545 - Mylasa (double siglos forepart of lion/incuse square) over Phaselis (prow/stern) (Leu Numismatik, EA 30, July 2024, 780)
From SILVER
520 BCE - 490 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 30, 13 July 2024, 780 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Forepart of a roaring lion to left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square divided by band |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Mylasa | Ancient regionAncient region. | Caria | 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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 490 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0511.05 g <br />11,050 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | ||
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Prow terminating in a boar’s forepart, with 3 shields (visible on reverse). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦAΣ (Greek) Stern of galley to right, all within incuse square |
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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG von Aulock Lykien1SNG von Aulock Lykien, 4391, Heipp-Tamer 19932Heipp-Tamer 1993, n° 3 | ||
| 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 an earlier stater from Phaselis" | ||
