2406 - Nagidus (double siglos Aphrodite/Dionysus) over Salamis (Heracles/ram) (M&M, 36, May 2012, 473)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2406

380 BCE - 370 BCE | ΝΑΓΙΔΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Nagidus_2406_M&M.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Salamis Heracles ram.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen, 36, 30 May 2012, 473

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aphrodite seated left, holding patera over altar. To her left, Nike. 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 exergue, Π.

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: 10.7310.73 g <br />10,730 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 29, https://www.dismountingrider.info/coin-catalogue/overstrikes/#Nagidos-2	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Lederer 19321Lederer 1932, SNG France 22SNG France 2, n° 25, Callataÿ 2018b3Callataÿ 2018b, p. 144, n° 29
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 ii https://www.dismountingrider.info/coin-catalogue/overstrikes/#Nagidos-2

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

'e-u-wa-ko-ro' in Cypriot script before (Cypriot) Head of bearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Cypriot script legend reading 'pa-si-le-wo-se' (Cypriot) Ram with long horns and beard lying to right on dotted ground line

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:

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.. 374 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:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Zapiti - Michaelidou 20084Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 6
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis cyprus.euagoras i.markou.2011.193-194

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren auf Av." (nb: I first gave it to Tiribazus but, putting it in perspective, it fits better with Evagoras at Salamis)