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|Museum collection=Athens, Alpha Bank, 7581 | |Image overstriking coin=Paphos_1818_Alpha_Bank.jpg | ||
|Obverse description=Bull left | |Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg | ||
|Reverse description=Eagle left within incuse square | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2238447&AucID=5442&Lot=855 | ||
|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 | |Mint=Paphos | ||
|Ancient region=Cyprus | |Ancient region=Cyprus | ||
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|Denomination=double siglos | |Denomination=double siglos | ||
|Standard=Persian | |Standard=Persian | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 23, n° 47 | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Tziambazis 2002, n° 7; Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 23, n° 47 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description= | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paphus.pnu.bmc.14-16 | ||
|Overstruck reverse description= | |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 mint=Aegina | ||
|Overstruck ancient region= | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck date from=460 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=430 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=stater | |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 | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:27, 19 August 2023
430 BCE - 420 BCE | 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around
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 20021 , Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082 , Destrooper-Georgiades 20133 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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 64 , Meadows (forthcoming)5 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
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).