1699 - Marium (double siglos Apollo/Europa) over Aspendus (wrestlers/slinger) (London, BM, 1848-8-19.3.2)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1699

450 BCE - 400 BCE"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic)

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1848-8-19.3.2	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Sotheby's
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Th. Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Aphrodite seated on bull right, wearing chiton, holding one horn. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Marium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Timocharis of Marium (king of Marium, early 4th c. BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 10.8310.83 g <br />10,830 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl. VII, n° 11, Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl. VII, n° 11, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 51, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/marium timocharis stasioikos i bmc 3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two wrestlers grappling

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTF Slinger striding r., in r. field, trisceles. All in dotted frame within shallow 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

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:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
^ Destrooper-Georgiades, A. (2013), "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes," in Demetrios Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, p. 9-40.