1875 - Marium (double siglos Apollo/Europa) over Salamis (Euelthon) (ram/ankh) (London, BM, 1902-6-7-10)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1875

400 BCE - 380 BCE"pa-si-le-o-se-sa-a-si-o-i-ko" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa-si-le-wo-se / sa-ta-si-wo-i-ko-ne" (Cypriot syllabic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Marium_over_Soli_London, _BM.jpg

Overstruck variety

Salamis_ram_ankh.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1902-6-7.10
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Osman Nouri Bey

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"pa-si-le-o-se-sa-a-si-o-i-ko" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se / sa-ta-si-wo-i-ko-ne" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Aphrodite seated on bull right, wearing chiton, holding one horn. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Marium

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:

Stasioikos I of Marium (king of Marium, second half of the 5th c BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 10.6810.68 g <br />10,680 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	BMC Cyprus, p.32, n° 1, Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 19, n° 17	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p.32, n° 1, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 51, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 19, n° 17
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/marium timocharis stasioikos i bmc 3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Recumbent ram to left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Ankh within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

double siglos

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 100
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euelthon.bmc.12-20

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
a b 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.