2448 - Cilicia (uncertain mint) (walls/bull) over Phaselis (prow/stern) (Savoca, 30, Jan. 2019, 163)
From SILVER
455 BCE - 400 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Cilicia_2448_Savoca.jpg
Overstruck variety
Phaselis 3 globules.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co., 30th silver auction, 27 Jan. 2019, 163 | |
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 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  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: 10.9110.91 g <br />10,910 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 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.: | Prow terminating in a boar’s forepart, with 3 shields | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦAΣ (Greek) Stern of galley to right, all within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Phaselis | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Lycia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 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: | double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Persian |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG von Aulock Lykien1SNG von Aulock Lykien, 4391, Heipp-Tamer 19932Heipp-Tamer 1993, n° 3 | ||
| 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: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
