3173 - Nagidus (double siglos Aphrodite/Dionysus) over Aspendus? (wrestlers/slinger) (Elsen, 30, June 1993, 120)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3173

380 BCE - 370 BCE | ΝΑΓΙΔΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Nagidus_3173_Elsen.jpg

Overstruck variety

Aspendus 420-410.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Elsen, 30, 12 June 1993, 120

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aphrodite seated left, holding patera over altar. In left field, Nike flying right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΝΑΓΙΔΕΩΝ (Greek) Dionysos Linaios standing left, holding bunch of grapes and resting on thyrsus. In left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Nagidus

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: 10.110.1 g <br />10,100 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 30	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG France 21SNG France 2, n° 25, Callataÿ 2018b2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 30
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 ii

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

wrestlers

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Slinger

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

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:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a wrestler types (Aspendos or Nagidos)?" (nb: not very convincing)