2882 - Sidon (double shekel galley/biga) over uncertain type (CGB, MBS 51, Nov. 2011, 296)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2882

450 BCE - 425 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

2882_-_Sidon_(double_shekel_galley-biga).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CGB, MBS 51, 17 Nov. 2011, 296.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Phoenician galley to left, over a double line of waves.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Persian king and driver in biga to left within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sidon

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 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: 28.1628.16 g <br />28,160 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double shekel	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Betlyon 19821Betlyon 1982, n°4, Elayi - Elayi 20042Elayi - Elayi 2004, n° 19-44, HGC 103HGC 10, n° 211.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sidon.elayi.2014.ii.1

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Trace de surfrappe au revers."

References

^ Betlyon, John Wilson (1982), The coinage and mints of Phoenicia: the pre-Alexandrine period, Harvard Semitic Monograph, No.26, Chico, CA, Scholars Press, p. 172.
^ Elayi, Josette - Elayi, Alain G. (2004), Le monnayage de la cité phénicienne de Sidon à l'époque perse (Ve-IVe s. av. J.-C.), Transeuphratène Suppl. 11, Paris, Gabalda, 2 v., 855 p., 77 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.