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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2061

411 BCE - 373 BCE"e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras" | "pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters

Images

Overstriking coin

Salamis_over_Salamis_Italo_Vecchi,_16,_Oct._1999,_273.jpg

Overstruck variety

Salamis ram ankh.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Italo Vecchi, 16, Oct; 1999, 273

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras" (Cypriot) Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters (Cypriot) Goat lying right. Above, ear of grain. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

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:

Evagoras I (king of Salamis, 411-374 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 411 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 373 BCE

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: 10.5510.55 g <br />10,550 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 7	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 57, n° 55, pl. XI, n° 17, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 113 var., Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 7
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euagoras i.markou.2011.193-194

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ram lying left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Ankh within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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:	Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 100
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euelthon.bmc.12-20

Additional data

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

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
a b Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
^ Destrooper-Georgiades, A. (2013), "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes," in Demetrios Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, p. 9-40.

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+|Image overstriking coin=Salamis_over_Salamis_Italo_Vecchi,_16,_Oct._1999,_273.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Salamis ram ankh.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2230195&AucID=5416&Lot=321
+|Sale=Italo Vecchi, 16, Oct; 1999, 273
 |Obverse legend="e-u-wa-ko-ro" : Cypriot syllabic; ie. "of Evagoras"
+|Obverse legend language=Cypriot
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Linear border.
 |Reverse legend="pa-si-le-wo-se EY A" ; in combined Cypriot syllabic and Greek letters
+|Reverse legend language=Cypriot
 |Reverse description=Goat lying right. Above, ear of grain. Linear border.
 |Mint=Salamis
 |Ancient region=Cyprus
 |Authority=Evagoras I (king of Salamis, 411-374 BC)
-|Date from=411
+|Date from=411 BCE
-|Date to=373
+|Date to=373 BCE
-|Weight=10,55
+|Metal=Silver
-|Denomination=siglos
+|Weight=10.55
-|Standard=Persic (BMC)
+|Denomination=double siglos
-|Coin reference=A. Destrooper-Georgiades, "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes", in D. Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, 2013, p. 18, no. 7.
+|Standard=Persian
-|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 47;G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 57, no. 55 (pl. XI, 17)
+|Coin reference=Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 7
-|Overstruck obverse description=Ram lying left.
+|Coin series reference=BMC Cyprus, p. 57, n° 55, pl. XI, n° 17; Tziambazis 2002, n° 113 var.; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 18, n° 7
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euagoras i.markou.2011.193-194
+|Overstruck obverse description=Ram lying left.
 |Overstruck reverse description=Ankh within incuse square.
 |Overstruck mint=Salamis
 |Overstruck ancient region=Cyprus
+|Overstruck date from=520 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=460 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Archaic
+|Overstruck denomination=double siglos
+|Overstruck standard=Persian
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Tziambazis 2002, n° 100
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis_cyprus.euelthon.bmc.12-20
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=sure
 }}