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|Archaeological context=Salamis, Cellarka, square LM20/22, | |Image overstriking coin=Salamis_over_Alexander_Cellarka,_square_LM20_22,_N°_241.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Salamis_Alexander_bronze.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=742827&AucID=1381&Lot=252 | |||
|Archaeological context=Salamis, Cellarka, square LM20/22, n° 241 | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet. | |Obverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet. | ||
|Reverse legend=ΣΑΛ | |Reverse legend=ΣΑΛ | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Prow left. | |Reverse description=Prow left. | ||
|Mint=Salamis | |Mint=Salamis | ||
|Ancient region=Cyprus | |Ancient region=Cyprus | ||
|Authority=Evagoras II (king of Salamis, 361-351 BC, and later satrap for Achaemenid Persia in Phoenicia) | |Authority=Evagoras II (king of Salamis, 361-351 BC, and later satrap for Achaemenid Persia in Phoenicia) | ||
|Date from=361 | |Date from=361 BCE | ||
|Date to=351 | |Date to=351 BCE | ||
|Period=Classical | |||
|Metal=Bronze | |||
|Weight=2.96 | |Weight=2.96 | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 21 | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=BMC Cyprus, p. 61, n° 74, pl. XII, n° 9; Tziambazis 2002, n° 130; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 21 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis_cyprus.euagoras_ii.bmc.74 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=AΛΕΞΑΝΔPΟY | |Overstruck reverse legend=AΛΕΞΑΝΔPΟY | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Quiver within bow and club. | |Overstruck reverse description=Quiver within bow and club. | ||
|Overstruck mint=Salamis | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Cyprus | |||
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - type | |Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - type | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991, n° 3146 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3146 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |||
|Level of confidence=weak | |||
|Remarks=nb: chronological problem | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 07:38, 9 November 2023
361 BCE - 351 BCE | ΣΑΛ
Images
Overstriking coin
Salamis_over_Alexander_Cellarka,_square_LM20_22,_N°_241.jpg
Overstruck variety
Salamis_Alexander_bronze.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Salamis, Cellarka, square LM20/22, n° 241 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΑΛ (Greek) Prow left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Salamis | Ancient regionAncient region. | Cyprus | 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: | Evagoras II (king of Salamis, 361-351 BC, and later satrap for Achaemenid Persia in Phoenicia) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 361 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 351 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.962.96 g <br />2,960 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 21 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Cyprus1BMC Cyprus, p. 61, n° 74, pl. XII, n° 9, Tziambazis 20022Tziambazis 2002, n° 130, Destrooper-Georgiades 20133Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 21 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔPΟY (Greek) Quiver within bow and club. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Salamis | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cyprus | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - type |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 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: | Price 19914Price 1991, n° 3146 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: chronological problem | ||
References
- ^ Hill, George Francis (1904), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol XX : Cyprus, London, cxliv, 119 p., xxvi pl.,
- ^ 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.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
