450 BCE - 400 BCE"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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"pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Aphrodite seated on bull right, wearing chiton, holding one horn. All within 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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Marium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cyprus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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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Timocharis of Marium (king of Marium, early 4th c. BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 10.8310.83 g <br />10,830 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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BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl. VII, n° 11, Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl. VII, n° 11, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 51, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63
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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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Two wrestlers grappling
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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EΣTF Slinger striding r., in r. field, trisceles. All in dotted frame within shallow incuse square
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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.. 400 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
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
- ^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- ^ Destrooper-Georgiades, A. (2013), "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes," in Demetrios Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, p. 9-40.
