1792 - Idalium (double siglos Sphinx/incuse square) over Paphos (bull/eagle) (private coll. - Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 12)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1792

500 BCE - 480 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Private coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sphinx seated right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Idalium

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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: 10.8810.88 g <br />10,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 19, n° 12	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 24, n° 1-4 (pl. V), Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, 40, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 19, n° 12
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/idalium.bmc.1-4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

𐠢 ('pu' in Cypriot syllabic script) (Cypriot) Bull standing left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of an eagle to left, above, palmette, below, guilloche pattern, all within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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:	Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 75
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.4-13

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.,
a b 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.