2770 - Tarsus (double siglos female head/bearded head) over uncertain type (Schulman, May 1966, 727)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2770

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

Images

Overstriking coin

Tarsus_2770_Schulman.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hans Schulman, 20-21 May 1966, 727

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 left, 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:

Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia, Persian Empire

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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2000, 109, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 40	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Moysey 19861Moysey 1986, obv. O12, Callataÿ 2018b2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 40
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

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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