28552 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Side (pomegranate/Athena) (Vilmar Numismatics, inv. 18960)
From SILVER
465 BCE - 430 BCE | ΕΣT
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Vilmar Numismatics, inv. 18960 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted, nude hoplite marching right, holding shield and spear. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΕΣT (Greek) Triskeles, 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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8910.89 g <br />10,890 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 /> | 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, Callataÿ 2000b4Callataÿ 2000b, Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, Callataÿ 20226Callataÿ 2022 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pomegranate, dotted guilloche border | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena right within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Side | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Pamphylia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Persian Empire |
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.. 430 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
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: | Atlan 19677Atlan 1967, 16 (O15/R14) |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck over a stater of Side, ca. 460–430 BC. Trace of the undertype’s obverse, the pomegranate within a guilloche border, are visible on the obverse while the undertype’s Athena head can partially be discerned on the reverse." |
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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2000), "Les monnayages ciliciens du premier quart du IVe s. av. J.-C.", dans O. Casabonne (éd.), Mécanismes et innovations monétaires dans l'Anatolie achéménide, Numismatique et histoire. Actes de la Table Ronde Internationale d'Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, p. 93-127, pl IX-XV.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2022), “Pseudo-Civic not Civic: The Abundant Double Sigloi Struck by Pamphylian and Cilician Cities (ca 460–333 B.C.E.),” Phoenix, 76 (A. Meadows and J. Bodzek [eds.], Coinage in Imperial Space: Coins in the Economy of the Achaemenid and Early Hellenistic World), p. 45-69.
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.