1723 - Paphos (Nikokles) (AE Tyche/Pegasus) over Paphos (Aphrodite/bird) (Coll. Tsiappas)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1723

325 BCE - 317 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Tsiappas collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Griffin ?

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Nikokles (magistrate at Paphos, c. 325-317 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 325 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.474.47 g <br />4,470 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 19

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Destrooper-Georgiades 20131Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 19

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Aphrodite left wearing stephane

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Cypriot letter 'ba' and ankh above, Cypriot letter 'ti' to right (Cypriot) Dove standing right, all within concave circle

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 370 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.destrooper.2008.7.pl10

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: