2863 - Issus (double siglos Athena/young male) over Aspendus (wrestlers/slinger) (Triton VIII, Jan. 2005, 504)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2863

380 BCE - 370 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton, VIII, 15 Jan. 2005, 504 = Triton, X, 9 Jan. 2007, 374 = Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 446; Jacquier, 13 Sept. 2013, 121
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection. Ex David Herman Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena three quarters left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of young male left (Herakles?).

Mint and issuing power

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

Issus

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

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.. 370 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: 10.2810.28 g <br />10,280 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 143, n° 26	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Callataÿ 2018b1Callataÿ 2018b, p. 143, n° 26
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/issus brindley group 6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wrestlers (visible on the reverse: traces of the popliteal fold of one wrestler)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Slinger (visible on obverse: traces of the spread legs of the slinger on the nose of Athena).

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.. 370 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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on “wrestlers/slinger” type (likely to be Aspendos) (obv.: wrestlers; rev.: slingers; traces of the spread legs of the slinger on the nose of Athena on the obverse; traces of the popliteal fold of one wrestler [see cat. 21] on the reverse)"

References

^ 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.