19062 - Ephesus (cistophoric tetradrachm) over cistophoric tetradrachm (Berk, BBS 181, Nov. 2012, 335)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19062


138 BCE - 137 BCE | ΕΦΕ

Images
Overstriking coin
Ephesus_2530_Berk.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cistophoric_tetradrachm_(overstruck).jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Berk, BBS 181, 7 Nov. 2012, 335

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake issues to left, all within ivy wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΦΕ (Greek) Two snakes surrounding an ornamented bow case, strap right, containing strung bow. date B=2 and facing bust of Artemis Ephesia with lofty headdress
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Ephesus Ancient regionAncient region. Ionia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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: Attalid Kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 138 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 137 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.6412.64 g <br />12,640 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophoric tetradrachm
StandardStandard.: Cistophoric
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Kleiner - Noe 19771Kleiner - Noe 1977, Series 36, 51, pl. XVI.11 (same obv. die), Carbone 20202Carbone 2020

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake issues to left, all within ivy wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (Greek) Two snakes surrounding an ornamented bow case, strap right, containing strung bow
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Ionia Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Attalid Kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 140 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 137 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : cistophoric tetradrachm StandardStandard. : Cistophoric
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Possibly overstruck: traces of undertype (?) above the bowcase on reverse" (nb: on another cistophoric tetradrachm - typical pattern of the upper r. summit of the gorytus (two lines) and the departure of the bow; this pattern is typical only for cistophoric tetradrachms struck at Ephesus at the same moment...)

References

  1. ^  Kleiner, Fred S. - Noe, Sydney P. (1977), The early Cistophoric coinage, Numismatic Studies 14, New York, 129 p., 38 pl.
  2. ^  Carbone, Lucia Francesca (2020), Hidden Power. Late Cistophoric Production and the Organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 BC), Numismatic Studies 42, New York, 266 p., 140 pl.