24659 - Lycia (uncertain mint) (Kuprlli) (stater - boar/triskeles) over uncertain type (CNG, 54, June 2000, 731)
From SILVER
470 BCE - 440 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Kuprlli_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_54,_14_June_2000,_731.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, 54, 14 June 2000, 731 = Musa Numismatic Art, sept. 2016 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (EI between legs) Boar walking right, head lowered | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Triskeles within incuse circle |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Lycia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Lycia | 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: | Kuprlli (Lycian dynast) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 470 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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: 8.238.23 g <br />8,230 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Mørkholm - Zahle 19721Mørkholm - Zahle 1972, new type |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
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: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on an earlier, unidentifiable, Lycian stater" | ||
References
- ^ Morkholm, Otto - Jan, Zahle (1972), "The coinage of Kuprilli: numismatic and archaeological study", Acta Archaeologica 43, p. 57-113.
