21275 - Soli (double siglos Amazon/bunch of grapes) over Soli (Amazon/bunch of grapes) (Nomos, Obolos 15, May 2020, 445)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21275


440 BCE - 410 BCE | ΣΟΛΕΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Soli_Obolos_15.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Soli_amazon_bunch.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Nomos, Obolos 15, 24 May 2020, 445

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Amazon, wearing a pointed bonnet, with drapery around her waist and at least one breast bare, kneeling to left, holding her bow with both hands, at her waist, gorytos, in field to left and between her legs, ivy leaf, in field to right, Corinthian helmet left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΟΛΕΩΝ (Greek) Large bunch of grapes, to right, laurel branch, all within border of dots in an incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Soli-Pompeiopolis (Cilicia) Ancient regionAncient region. Cilicia 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. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 410 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: 10.7410.74 g <br />10,740 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG France 21SNG France 2, n° 124-125
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Amazon, wearing a pointed bonnet, with drapery around her waist and at least one breast bare, kneeling to left, holding her bow with both hands, at her waist, gorytos, in field to left and between her legs, ivy leaf, in field to right, Corinthian helmet left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΟΛΕΩΝ (Greek) Large bunch of grapes, to right, laurel branch, all within border of dots in an incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Soli-Pompeiopolis (Cilicia) 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. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 410 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 StandardStandard. : Persian
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG France 21SNG France 2, n° 124-125
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on a similar piece"

References

  1. a b  Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.