30355 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes ΔΑ/slinger) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 34, July 2025, 734)

375 BCE - 325 BCE | ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙΥΣ

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Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, EA 34, 5 July 2025, 734
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the collection of Dr. med. Cora Flinsch (1920-2022), formed since the 1970s.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Two nude wrestlers, standing and grappling with each other, between legs, ΔΑ.

Reverse:

ΕΣΤFΕΔΙΙΥΣ (Greek) Slinger standing right, about to shoot from his sling, to right, triskeles running left, all within dotted square border within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aspendus

Ancient region

Pamphylia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Persian Empire

Chronology

From 375 BCE to 325 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 11.0011 g <br />11,000 mg <br />	Denomination: double siglos	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		Standard: Persian

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 217, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Mørkholm 1959, 146, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4544, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SNG France 3, n° 103, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 4
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 4

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"traces of overstriking on the reverse"

References

^ Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
^ Mørkholm, Otto (1959), "A South Anatolian Hoard", Acta Archaeologica, Vol. 30, p. 184-201, pl. 4.
^ 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.
^ Tekin, Oguz (2000), "Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach", in: Casabonne, Olivier (ed), Mecanismes et innovations monetaires dans l'Anatolie achemenide : numismatique et histoire : actes de la table ronde internationale d'Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, Institut français d'etudes antoliennes d'Istanbul, p.159-169, pl. 27-28