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|Overstruck mint=Tarsus | |Overstruck mint=Tarsus | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Cilicia | |Overstruck ancient region=Cilicia | ||
|Overstruck authority=Pharnabazus II (Achaemenid Persian Satrap in Asia Minor, c. 413-374 BC); Tarkumuwa (i.e. Damates?, satrap in Achaemenid Cappadocia, 380-362 BC) | |Overstruck authority=Persian Empire; Pharnabazus II (Achaemenid Persian Satrap in Asia Minor, c. 413-374 BC); Tarkumuwa (i.e. Damates?, satrap in Achaemenid Cappadocia, 380-362 BC) | ||
|Overstruck date from=373 BCE | |Overstruck date from=373 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=368 BCE | |Overstruck date to=368 BCE | ||
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|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=strong | |Level of confidence=strong | ||
|Remarks="trace of undertype (SNG Paris 57)" | |Remarks="trace of undertype (SNG Paris 57)" (nb: problem of chronology) | ||
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400 BCE - 380 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Baldwin, 34, 13 Oct. 2003, 141 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Two naked athletes wrestling. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles and BA:FE. All within an dotted incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Aspendus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Pamphylia | 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 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: 10.8510.85 g <br />10,850 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
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| StandardStandard.: Persian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 209, SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4525, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 57, Tekin 20004Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 3 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Female head turned slightly left, wearing earring and necklace. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | 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). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Tarsus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cilicia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Persian Empire, Pharnabazus II (Achaemenid Persian Satrap in Asia Minor, c. 413-374 BC), Tarkumuwa (i.e. Damates?, satrap in Achaemenid Cappadocia, 380-362 BC) |
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 | 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: | double siglos
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Persian |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG Copenhagen Lycaonia-Cilicia5SNG Copenhagen Lycaonia-Cilicia, n° 281-294, SNG von Aulock Kilikien6SNG von Aulock Kilikien, n° 5936-5942, SNG France 27SNG France 2, n° 258-273, Moysey 19868Moysey 1986, Issue 4 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "trace of undertype (SNG Paris 57)" (nb: problem of chronology) | ||
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.
