1818 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1818

430 BCE - 420 BCE | 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bull standing to left, winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around (Cypriot) Eagle standing to left, one-handled vase to left, all within dotted square in incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

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:

Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 430 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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: 11.0311.03 g <br />11,030 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. 23, n° 47	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, n° 7, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 23, n° 47
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.14-16

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Land tortoise with segmented shell (visible on the coin's reverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern (visible on the coin's obverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 64HGC 6, n° 435, Meadows (forthcoming)5Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
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