1723 - Paphos (Nikokles) (AE Tyche/Pegasus) over Paphos (Aphrodite/bird) (Coll. Tsiappas)
From SILVER
325 BCE - 317 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Paphos_1723_Tsiappas.jpg
Overstruck variety
Paphos_bronze.jpg [1]
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ 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.
