2410 - Side (double siglos pomegranate/Athena) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (NAC, 88, Oct. 2015, 435)
From SILVER
430 BCE - 400 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | NAC, 88, 8 Oct. 2015, 435 ; Nomos, 13, 7 Oct. 2016, 224 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pomegrenate. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Il right field, oliv branch. All within incuse square. |
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 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. 430 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 10.8310.83 g <br />10,830 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2018b, p. 141, n° 18 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 369, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4765, Atlan 19673Atlan 1967, IV.34-44, SNG France 34SNG France 3, n° 628, Callataÿ 2018b5Callataÿ 2018b, p. 141, n° 18 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Herakles right, naked, wearing lion skin, brandishing club in his right hand and holding bow in his outstretched left hand. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Stag kneeling right attacked by lion right on its back. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Citium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cyprus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Baalmelek II of Citium (king of Citium and Idalium, 5th c. BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | BMC Cyprus6BMC Cyprus, Citium, n° 29-48 or n° 678-689 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
