22545 - Salamis (Evagoras) (double siglos Heracles/ram) over uncertain type (Triton, II, Dec. 1998, 462)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22545

411 BCE - 373 BCE"e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras" | "pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton II, 1 Dec. 1998, 462 = Classical Numismatic Group, 55, 13 Sept. 2000, 652

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras" (Cypriot) Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters (Cypriot) Goat lying right. Above, ear of grain. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

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:

Evagoras I (king of Salamis, 411-374 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 411 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 373 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: 10.5710.57 g <br />10,570 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 57, n° 55, pl. XI, n° 17, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 113 var.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euagoras i.markou.2011.193-194

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck but undertype not identifiable"

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.