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400 BCE - 380 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ
Overstriking coin
SO_1764_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png
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Overstruck variety
Tarsus Female head-Ares.jpeg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Baldwin, 34, 13 Oct. 2003, 141
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Two naked athletes wrestling. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles and BA:FE. All within an dotted incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Aspendus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Pamphylia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE
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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: 10.8510.85 g <br />10,850 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Female head turned slightly left, wearing earring and necklace.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Legend in Aramaic Male head (Ares?) left, wearing Crested Attic helmet (visible on the obverse: traces (locks of hair) below the feet of the wrestlers).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 373 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Pamphylien. 11 Heft (n° 4477-4893), Berlin, 1965.
- ^ Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
- ^ Tekin, Oguz (2000), "Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach", in: Casabonne, Olivier (ed), Mecanismes et innovations monetaires dans l'Anatolie achemenide : numismatique et histoire : actes de la table ronde internationale d'Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, Institut français d'etudes antoliennes d'Istanbul, p.159-169, pl. 27-28
- ^ Breitenstein, Neils (1956), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 34, Lycaonia-Cilicia.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Kilikien. 13 Heft (n° 5413-6098), Berlin, 1966.
- ^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.
- ^ Moysey, Robert A. (1986), "The Silver Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 31, p. 7-61, pl. 1-5.
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