2331 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Side (Athena/Apollo) (Künker, 262, March 2015, 7258)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2331


375 BCE - 325 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1767_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Side_Athena-Apollo.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Künker, 262, 13 March 2015, 7258

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, ΛΦ. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles. All within an dotted 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. 375 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.4610.46 g <br />10,460 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 2018b, p. 139, n° 6 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 227, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4565, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 105, Tekin 20004Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 4, Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 139, n° 6
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Athena standing left, wearing chiton and crested helmet, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield. Behind, spear. In the lower field left, pomegranate. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Apollo standing left, pouring libation with a patera in his right hand on a lighted altar and holding long laurel-branch in his left hand. At fett, bird left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Side 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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 : SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 373-378, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4769-4773, Atlan 19676Atlan 1967, IX.127-59, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 651-658
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Überprägungsspuren"

References

  1. a b  Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
  2. a b  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
  3. a b  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.
  4. ^  Tekin, Oguz (2000), "Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach", in: Casabonne, Olivier (ed), Mecanismes et innovations monetaires dans l'Anatolie achemenide : numismatique et histoire : actes de la table ronde internationale d'Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, Institut français d'etudes antoliennes d'Istanbul, p.159-169, pl. 27-28
  5. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.
  6. ^  Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.