2378 - Cilicia (uncertain mint) (walls/bull) over Aspendus (hoplite/triskeles) (Heritage Signature, Apr. 2019, 30159)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2378


455 BCE - 400 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Cilicia_2378_Heritage.jpg
Overstruck variety
Aspendos hoplite-triskeles.jpeg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Heritage Signature, 29 Apr. 2019, 30159

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Crenelated city walls with three towers. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Forepart of bull right. At lower right, ankh. All within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Cilicia (uncertain mint) 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. 455 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 10.7910.79 g <br />10,790 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Warrior walking right, naked, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield attached on left arm. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΣΤ (Greek) Triskeles of human legs within 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 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. 465 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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 : Babelon 19011Babelon 1901, Part 2, Tome 1, p. 526-530, n° 855-867, SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia2SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 153-179, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien3SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4477-81, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 1-11
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:

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines. Tome Premier. Première partie, théorie et doctrine, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
  3. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
  4. ^  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.