2338 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Citium (Heracles/lion and stag) (Karaman hoard, IGCH 1244)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2338

420 BCE - 410 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1762_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png

Overstruck variety

1762_Citium_Heracles-lion.png

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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	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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 1

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. 479 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

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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalmelek ii.bmc.29-48 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalmelek ii.babelon.1893.678-689 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalmelek ii.babelon.1893.690-694 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.baalram.bmc.71

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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