20539 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Cilicia (uncertain mint) (city wall/bull) (Bertolami, EA 259, May 2023, 430)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 20539


465 BCE - 430 BCE | ΕΣΤ

Images
Overstriking coin
Aspendus_2641_Bertolami+.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cilicia city wall.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Bertolami Fine Arts, EA 259, 20 May 2023, 430

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Warrior walking right, naked, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield attached on left arm. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΣΤ Triskeles of human legs. All within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Aspendus Ancient regionAncient region. Pamphylia 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: Persian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 465 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE Classical 480-323 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: 10.8510.85 g <br />10,850 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 21.521.5 mm <br />2.15 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 1, Part 2, p. 526-530, n° 869-70, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4484, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 12-13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Crenelated city wall with three towers ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Forepart of bull advancing right, symbol to lower right, all within incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Cilicia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Cilicia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Persian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 465 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : double siglos Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Ovestruck on Asia Minor Unceratin mint Stater (City wall / Bull)"

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
  3. ^  Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.