430 BCE - 420 BCE | pa-si sa-ta-sa' (Cypriot)
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roma Numismatics, EA 64, Nov. 2019, 431
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the inventory of a German dealer.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bull standing left. Above, winged solar disk. In right field, ankh. In exergue, palmette ornament.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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pa-si sa-ta-sa' (Cypriot) (Greek) Eagle standing left. In left field, one-handled vase. All within dotted square in 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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Paphos
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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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Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 430 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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: 10.9610.96 g <br />10,960 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Land tortoise with segmented shell
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Large square incuse with heavy 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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
References
- ^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- ^ Zapiti, Eleni - Michaelidou, Lefki (2008), Coins of Cyprus : from the collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 329 p.
- ^ 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).
