2489 - Side (double siglos pomegranate/Athena) over Aspendus (hoplite/triskeles) (Leu)
From SILVER
430 BCE - 400 BCE
Images
Overstruck variety

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Bank Leu Zürich | |
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, 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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos ![]() |
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StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Atlan 1967, O18-R19, Kraay 1969, pl. XVI, 8, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 13 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG von Aulock Pamphylien1SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4763, Atlan 19672Atlan 1967, III.14-26, Callataÿ 2018b3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 13 |
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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. All within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aspendus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Pamphylia | 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. 466 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | double siglos ![]() |
StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Persian |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Babelon 19014Babelon 1901, Part 2, Tome 1, p. 526-530, n° 869-70, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien1SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4482-83, SNG France 35SNG France 3, n° 12-13 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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