1818 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1818

430 BCE - 420 BCE | 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around

Images

Overstriking coin

Paphos_1818_Alpha_Bank.jpg

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bull standing to left, winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around (Cypriot) Eagle standing to left, one-handled vase to left, all within dotted square 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0311.03 g <br />11,030 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. 23, n° 47	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, n° 7, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 23, n° 47
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.14-16

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Land tortoise with segmented shell (visible on the coin's reverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern (visible on the coin's obverse : mill-sail reverse 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.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 64HGC 6, n° 435, Meadows (forthcoming)5Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ 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.
^ 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).

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+|Image overstriking coin=Paphos_1818_Alpha_Bank.jpg
-|Obverse description=Bull left. Above, eagle. Border of dots.
+|Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg
-|Reverse description=Eagle left within incuse square.
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-|Mint=Paphos (BMC)
+|Museum collection=Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581
+|Obverse description=Bull standing to left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue
+|Reverse legend='pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around
+|Reverse legend language=Cypriot
+|Reverse description=Eagle standing to left; one-handled vase to left, all within dotted square in incuse square
+|Mint=Paphos
 |Ancient region=Cyprus
 |Authority=Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC)
-|Date from=470
+|Date from=430 BCE
-|Date to=430
+|Date to=420 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=11.03
-|Denomination=Stater
+|Denomination=double siglos
-|Standard=Persic
+|Standard=Persian
-|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. 23, no. 47.
+|Coin reference=Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 23, n° 47
-|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 26;A. Destrooper-Georgiades. “Le monnaies frappées à Paphos (Chypre) durant la deuxième moitié du Ve siècle et leur apport à l’histoire de l’île” in Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress (Berlin 2000), no. 15;G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 38, no. 17
+|Coin series reference=Tziambazis 2002, n° 7; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 23, n° 47
-|Overstruck obverse description=Turtle (visible on the coin's reverse).
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.14-16
-|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible on the coin's obverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).
+|Overstruck obverse description=Land tortoise with segmented shell (visible on the coin's reverse).
+|Overstruck reverse description=Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern (visible on the coin's obverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).
 |Overstruck mint=Aegina
-|Overstruck ancient region=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
 }}