2563 - Selge (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Aspendus (athletes/slinger) (MacDonald coll., 130)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2563

300 BCE - 190 BCE | ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n° 130

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, K. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΕΛΓΕΩΝ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In field, triskeles above club. Between the legs, X. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Selge

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pisidia

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 190 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 10.5410.54 g <br />10,540 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 174-175, n° 130, Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 10	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG France 31SNG France 3, n° 1935, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 174-175, n° 130, Callataÿ 2018b3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 140, n° 10
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/selge sng paris 1935-47

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two naked athletes wrestling (visible: portion of border of dots).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

[EΣTFE]ΔIV[Σ] Slinger advancing right (visible on reverse: head, arms, sling, traces of body, club and traces of triskeles, portion of dotts, ΔIV)

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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG France 31SNG France 3, n° 59
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 4

Additional data

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

References

a b Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.