1471 - Selge (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Aspendus (athletes/slinger) (Roma Numismatics, EA 94, Feb. 2022, 423)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1471

300 BCE - 190 BCE | ΣEΛΓEΩN to left

Images

Overstriking coin

Selge on Aspendos - Roma Numismatics, e-sale 94, 24 Feb. 2022, 423.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Selge on Aspendos - Roma Numismatics, e-sale 94, 24 Feb. 2022, 423 overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, e-sale 94, 24 Feb. 2022, 423

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two wrestlers beginning to grapple with each other, BA between legs

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣEΛΓEΩN to left (Greek) Herakles standing to right, with splayed legs, holding club, lion-skin over arm

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Selge

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pisidia

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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 190 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.639.63 g <br />9,630 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG France 31SNG France 3, n° 1935
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/selge sng paris 1935-47

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two wrestlers grappling

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTFEΔIIYΣ (Greek) Slinger in throwing stance to right

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Aspendus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pamphylia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Persian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

double siglos

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG France 31SNG France 3, n° 59
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 4

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a stater of Aspendos"

References

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.