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|Image overstriking coin=SO_1762_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png | |Image overstriking coin=SO_1762_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png | ||
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|Archaeological context=Karaman hoard – IGCH 1244 | |Archaeological context=Karaman hoard – IGCH 1244 | ||
|Obverse description=Two naked athletes wrestling. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Two naked athletes wrestling. Border of dots. | ||
Revision as of 11:27, 28 July 2023
420 BCE - 410 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ
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Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Karaman hoard – IGCH 1244 |
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. 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 410 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: 10.7710.77 g <br />10,770 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br /> |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG von Post, n° 342, Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 27, n° 79, fig. 24 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 180, Tekin 20002Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 1 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Herakles standing right, raising club and holding bow and arrows (visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Lion bringing down stag right. Dotted incuse square (visible on reverse) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Citium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cyprus | 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. 499 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Babelon 18933Babelon 1893, 647-669 or 670-677 or 678-689 or 691-694, BMC Cyprus4BMC Cyprus, n° 10-28 or 29-48 or 71 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1955), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collections of coins and medals. Danish National Museum, 31, Lycia-Pamphylia.
- ^ 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
- ^ Babelon, Ernest (1893), Les Perses achéménides, les satrapes et les dynastes tributaires de leur empire : Chypre & Phénicie, Paris, C. Rollin et Feuardent, p. 412, pl. 39.
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
