21221 - Selge (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Aspendus or Selge (athletes/slinger) (Obolos, 19, May 2021, 408)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21221


300 BCE - 190 BCE | ΣEΛΓEΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Selge_Nomos_+.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Selge on Aspendos - Roma Numismatics, e-sale 94, 24 Feb. 2022, 423 overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Nomos AG, Obolos 19, 8 May 2021, 408 = Nomos AG, Obolos 26, 18 Dec. 2022, 282

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two wrestlers beginning to grapple with each other, between them, K. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣEΛΓEΩN (Greek) Slinger striding right, preparing to launch sling-bolt, in field to right, clockwise triskeles above vertical club and filleted cornucopiae
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Selge Ancient regionAncient region. Pisidia 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 190 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: 8.888.88 g <br />8,880 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 25.525.5 mm <br />2.55 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG France 31SNG France 3, n° 1935
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two wrestlers beginning to grapple with each other ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Slinger striding right, preparing to launch sling-bolt
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 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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 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: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck" (nb: not a double strike indeed)

References

  1. ^  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.