25092 - Tarsus (double siglos female head/bearded head) over uncertain type (Künker, 402, March 2024, 484)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25092

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

Images

Overstriking coin

Tarsus_Fritz_Rudolf_Künker,_402,_14_March_2024,_484.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Fritz Rudolf Künker, 402, 14 March 2024, 484

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: 10.7110.71 g <br />10,710 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Moysey 19861Moysey 1986, O12, Callataÿ 20002Callataÿ 2000, 109, Callataÿ 2018b3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 145
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.:

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:	"Überprägungsspuren"

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 (2000), "Un “octobole” de Pyrrhus surfrappé sur un statère de type corinthien. Réflexions sur les masses monnayées par Pyrrhus en or et en argent", Annali. Istituto Italiano di Numismatica, 47, p. 189-213, pl. XII-XV.
^ 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.