3124 - Soli (double siglos Amazon/bunch of grape) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (London, BM)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3124

440 BCE - 410 BCE | Aramaic letters (meaning “band”, “company”)

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collection:	London, British Museum, 1947-7-6.2

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Amazon kneeling left, quiver and bowcase at her side, holding bow. Border of dots.

Reverse:

Aramaic letters (meaning “band”, “company”) (Aramaic) Bunch of grapes within dotted incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Soli-Pompeiopolis (Cilicia)

Ancient region

Cilicia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Persian Empire

Chronology

From 440 BCE to 410 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 10.7410.74 g <br />10,740 mg <br />	Denomination: double siglos
		Standard: Persian

References

Coin reference:	Robinson 1948, p. 56-58, pl. V, 10, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 31	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Robinson 1948, p. 56-58, pl. V, 10, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG France 2, n° 124-125, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 31
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cilician dynasts soli-pompeiopolis babelon 1910 532-4

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Sea turtle

Reverse:

Incuse square with skew pattern

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Aegina

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Attica

Modern country: Greece

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 480 BCE to 457 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

stater

Standard ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 6, n° 435, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:	“traces of the turtle’s head and upper line of his shell are visible at five o’ clock on the obverse; but none of the incuse on the reverses”

References

^ Robinson 1948
^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.
^ 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.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).