400 BCE - 380 BCE | Pamphylian legend
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 603, 4 Feb. 2026, 283
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Athena standing left, holding owl and shield, pomegranate to left, spear to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Pamphylian legend Apollo, nude but for chlamys over shoulders, standing left, holding branch and bow, altar to left, bird to right
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Side
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Pamphylia
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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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 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: 10.6610.66 g <br />10,660 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 24.524.5 mm <br />2.45 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 372, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4767, Atlan 19673Atlan 1967, Obv. 53, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 637-638 (same obv.), Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 142, n° 21
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Two naked athletes, wrestling, grasping each other by the arms
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ESTFEDIIY behind (Pamphylian) Slinger advancing right, about to discharge his sling, before, triskeles above F, all in dotted square (visible on reverse: incuse square with a dotted border and the end of the extended hand of the slinger as well as the shoulder and part of the head)
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Mint and issuing power
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.. 380 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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double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Persian
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References
References
- a b Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.
- a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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