2296 - Patara (Wete) (stater - boar/diskeles) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 832)
From SILVER
480 BCE - 460 BCE | Wete
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 832. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Forepart of a boar left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Wete (Lycian) Diskeles with a small appendage protruding from side, within dotted incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Patara | Ancient regionAncient region. | Lycia | Modern countryModern country: Turquey | 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: | Wete (dynast of Lycia c. 480-460 BCE) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.278.27 g <br />8,270 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hoff 20171Hoff 2017, M235 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | visible on reverse: dotted incuse square. |
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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on an earlier Lycian stater" | ||
References
- ^ Hoff, Corinna (2017), Identität und Politik kollektive kulturelle und politische Identität der Lykier bis zur Mitte des 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag.
