3498 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Salamis (Heracles/goat) (Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 27, 79)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3498


420 BCE - 410 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1763_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png
Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: New York, American Numismatic Society ?

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two naked athletes wrestling. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (GREEK) Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles. All within an dotted 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 410 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Destroope 2013, p. 27, n° 79, fig. 25 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 180, Tekin 20002Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 1
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Herakles seated right (visible on obverse) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Goat lying right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Salamis Ancient regionAncient region.  Cyprus Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Evagoras I (king of Salamis, 411-374 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 411 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 373 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Cyprus3BMC Cyprus, Salamis n° 56-60
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
  2. ^  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
  3. ^  Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,