2468 - Tarsus (double siglos female head/bearded head) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 5, June 2016, 424)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2468

378 BCE - 362 BCE | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)

Images

Overstriking coin

Tarsus_2468_Obolos_424.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Nomos, Obolos 5, 26 June 2016, 424

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female head facing slightly to left, hair in ampyx, wearing earring and necklace. Dotted border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TRKMW (in Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Bearded head right, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tarsus

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, Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 378 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 362 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.6410.64 g <br />10,640 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 41	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Moysey 19861Moysey 1986, O12, Callataÿ 2018b2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 41
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharnabazus satrap tarsus moysey 1986 3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: different dotted border

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 concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking"

References

^ Moysey, Robert A. (1986), "The Silver Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 31, p. 7-61, pl. 1-5.
^ 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.