2981 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Side (pomegranate/Athena) (Roma Numismatics, XXI, March 2021, 252)
From SILVER
465 BCE - 430 BCE | ΕΣTF
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, XXI, 24 March 2021, 252 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Hoplite advancing right, nude, wearing helmet, holding spear and shield | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΕΣTF (Greek) Triskeles 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 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: 10.810.8 g <br />10,800 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).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 1901-19321 , SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2 , SNG France 33 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pomegranate surrounded by dotted border | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena to right, all 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.. 450 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: | Atlan 19674 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on a stater of Side (cf. Nomos 19, 170 - same dies)" |
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.
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.