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|Sale=Heritage Auctions | |Image overstriking coin=Paphos_2827_CNG.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2238447&AucID=5442&Lot=855 | |||
|Sale=Heritage Auctions, 24-25 Nov. 2021, 64160 = Classical Numismatic Group, 124, 19 Sept. 2023, 274 | |||
|Obverse description=Bull left on beaded double line. Above, solar disk. To left, ankh. All within border of dots. | |Obverse description=Bull left on beaded double line. Above, solar disk. To left, ankh. All within border of dots. | ||
|Reverse legend=pa-si sa-ta-sa-to (Cypriot script) | |Reverse legend=pa-si sa-ta-sa-to (Cypriot script) | ||
|Reverse legend language=Cypriot | |||
|Reverse description=Eagle left. To left, ankh. All within dotted square border in incuse square. | |Reverse description=Eagle left. To left, ankh. All within dotted square border in incuse square. | ||
|Mint=Paphos | |Mint=Paphos | ||
|Ancient region=Cyprus | |Ancient region=Cyprus | ||
|Authority=Stasandros | |Authority=Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC) | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=430 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=420 BCE | ||
|Period=Classical | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=10.93 | |Weight=10.93 | ||
|Diameter=23 | |Diameter=23 | ||
|Axis=1 | |Axis=1 | ||
|Denomination=stater | |Denomination=double siglos | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Standard=Persian | ||
|Coin series reference=Tziambazis 2002, n° 7; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.14-16 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Land tortoise with segmented shell | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern | |||
|Overstruck mint=Aegina | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |||
|Overstruck date from=460 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=430 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=stater | |||
|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 6, n° 435 ; Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows_askari.2a-c | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="overstruck" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:11, 19 August 2023
430 BCE - 420 BCE | pa-si sa-ta-sa-to (Cypriot script)
Images
Overstriking coin
Paphos_2827_CNG.jpg
Overstruck variety
Aegina 5 parts.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Auctions, 24-25 Nov. 2021, 64160 = Classical Numismatic Group, 124, 19 Sept. 2023, 274 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bull left on beaded double line. Above, solar disk. To left, ankh. All within border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | pa-si sa-ta-sa-to (Cypriot script) (Cypriot) Eagle left. To left, ankh. All within dotted square border in incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Paphos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Cyprus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 430 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.9310.93 g <br />10,930 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, n° 7, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Land tortoise with segmented shell | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 63HGC 6, n° 435, Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck" | ||
References
- ^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- ^ Zapiti, Eleni - Michaelidou, Lefki (2008), Coins of Cyprus : from the collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 329 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).
