2380 - Tarsus (double siglos Baaltars/satrap) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 199, Oct. 2011, 523)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2380

369 BCE - 360 BCEB'LTRZ (Aramaic characters) | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)

Images

Overstriking coin

Tarsus_2380_Gorny_&_Mosch.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 199, 10 Oct. 2011, 523 = Gorny & Mosch, Stuttgart 1, 22 Nov. 2010, 271

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

B'LTRZ (Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Baaltars seated right, holding eagle-tipped scepter, bunch of grapes and ear of grain. Crenellated wall border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TRKMW (in Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Satrap seated right, wearing Persian dress, holding arrow. In upper right field, winged solar disk with volutes and below, bow. 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:

Persian Empire, Tarkumuwa (Datames), satrap of Cilicia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 369 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 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: 10.5210.52 g <br />10,520 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 42	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Moysey 19861Moysey 1986, Callataÿ 2018b2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 146, n° 42
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames satrap tarsus moysey 1986 6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: curve line on the upper field

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren"