2863 - Issus (double siglos Athena/young male) over Aspendus (wrestlers/slinger) (Triton VIII, Jan. 2005, 504)
From SILVER
380 BCE - 370 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin

Issus_2863_Triton.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Triton, VIII, 15 Jan. 2005, 504 = Triton, X, 9 Jan. 2007, 374 = Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 446; Jacquier, 13 Sept. 2013, 121 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex David Herman Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena three quarters left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of young male left (Herakles?). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Issus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Cilicia | 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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370 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: 10.2810.28 g <br />10,280 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2018b, p. 143, n° 26 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 2018b1Callataÿ 2018b, p. 143, n° 26 |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wrestlers (visible on the reverse: traces of the popliteal fold of one wrestler) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Slinger (visible on obverse: traces of the spread legs of the slinger on the nose of Athena). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aspendus | 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370 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: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on “wrestlers/slinger” type (likely to be Aspendos) (obv.: wrestlers; rev.: slingers; traces of the spread legs of the slinger on the nose of Athena on the obverse; traces of the popliteal fold of one wrestler [see cat. 21] on the reverse)" |
References
- ^ 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.