1699 - Marium (double siglos Apollo/Europa) over Aspendus (wrestlers/slinger) (London, BM, 1848-8-19.3.2): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1699

450 BCE - 400 BCE"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Marium_over_Aspendus_London,_BM.jpg

Overstruck variety

Aspendus 420-410.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1848-8-19.3.2	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Sotheby's
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Th. Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Aphrodite seated on bull right, wearing chiton, holding one horn. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Marium

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:

Timocharis of Marium (king of Marium, early 4th c. BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 10.8310.83 g <br />10,830 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl, VII, n° 11, Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl, VII2VII, n° 11, Tziambazis 20023Tziambazis 2002, n° 51, Destrooper-Georgiades 20134Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/marium timocharis stasioikos i bmc 3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two wrestlers grappling

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTF Slinger striding r., in r. field, trisceles. All in dotted frame within shallow incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Aspendus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pamphylia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Persian Empire

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.. 400 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:

double siglos

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
^ VII
^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 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.

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+|Image overstruck variety=Aspendus 420-410.jpg
+|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1848-8-19.3.2
 |Sale=Sotheby's
 |Private collection=Th. Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
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+|Obverse legend language=Cypriot
 |Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend="pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic)
+|Reverse legend language=Cypriot
 |Reverse description=Aphrodite seated on bull right, wearing chiton, holding one horn. All within incuse square.
 |Mint=Marium
 |Ancient region=Cyprus
 |Authority=Timocharis of Marium (king of Marium, early 4th c. BC)
+|Date from=450 BCE
+|Date to=400 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=10.83
-|Denomination=siglos
+|Denomination=double siglos
-|Standard=Persic
+|Standard=Persian
-|Coin reference=A. Destrooper-Georgiades, "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes", in D. 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, 2013, p. 24, no. 63. ; BMC Greek (Cyprus) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Cyprus, p. 33, no. 3
+|Coin reference=BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl; VII, n° 11; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63
-|Coin series reference=Lembke (2010), 242, no 181;G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 33, no. 3 (pl. VII, 11)
+|Coin series reference=BMC Cyprus, p. 33, n° 3, pl; VII, n° 11; Tziambazis 2002, n° 51; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 24, n° 63
-|Overstruck obverse description=Two wrestlers.
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/marium_timocharis_stasioikos_i_bmc_3
-|Overstruck reverse description=Artemis (?) right. In right field, triskeles, below, F. All withindotted  incuse square.
+|Overstruck obverse description=Two wrestlers grappling
+|Overstruck reverse legend=EΣTF
+|Overstruck reverse description=Slinger striding r.; in r. field, trisceles. All in dotted frame within shallow incuse square
 |Overstruck mint=Aspendus
 |Overstruck ancient region=Pamphylia
+|Overstruck authority=Persian Empire
+|Overstruck date from=420 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=400 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|Overstruck denomination=double siglos
+|Overstruck standard=Persian
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus_tekin_2000_series_1
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
+|Level of confidence=strong
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