378 BCE - 362 BCE | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Female head facing slightly to left, hair in ampyx, wearing earring and necklace. Dotted border.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TRKMW (in Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Bearded head right, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tarsus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cilicia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia, Persian Empire
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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
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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: 10.7110.71 g <br />10,710 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Persian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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SNG Berry, 1294, Callataÿ 2000, 109, pl. XIII, 8, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 38
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Moysey 19861Moysey 1986, obv. O12, Callataÿ 20002Callataÿ 2000, 109, pl. XIII, 8, Callataÿ 2018b3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 38
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Athena standing Athena left, holding Nike in right hand, resting left hand on shield. In field, pomegrenate. Border of dots (visible on obverse).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Apollo standing left (visible on reverse).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE
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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:
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double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Persian
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"overstruck on Side (“the standing Athena with pomegranate to left and (two Pamphylian letters) to right is visible under the obverse type; the standing Apollo with patera and long laurel branch can be seen under the reverse type”)"
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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.
- ^ Atlan, Sabahat (1967), Untersuchungen über die sidetischen Münzen des V. und IV. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., Ankara, 181 p., 12 pl.
- ^ Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
