440 BCE - 410 BCE | Aramaic letters (meaning “band”, “company”)
Overstriking coin
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Amazon kneeling left, quiver and bowcase at her side, holding bow. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Aramaic letters (meaning “band”, “company”) (Aramaic) Bunch of grapes within dotted incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Soli-Pompeiopolis (Cilicia)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cilicia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Persian Empire
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 410 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.7410.74 g <br />10,740 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Robinson 1948, p. 56-58, pl. V, 10, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 31
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Robinson 19481Robinson 1948, p. 56-58, pl. V, 10, SNG France 22SNG France 2, n° 124-125, Callataÿ 2018b3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 31
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Sea turtle
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Incuse square with skew pattern
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Aegina
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Attica
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 457 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Aeginetic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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“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”
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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, Iionian, 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).
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