2512 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over uncertain type (London, BM, RPK, p. 110B.20. Asp)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2512

380 - 325 | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, RPK,p110B.20.Asp
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Payne Knight

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, ΠΟ. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTFEΔIIVΣ Slinger advancing right. In right field, forepart of horse and monogram. All within an dotted 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. 380 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.0610.06 g <br />10,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Hill, BMC Greek (Lycia, Pamphylia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Lycia, Pamphylia and Pisidia, 1897, p. 101, no. 68 and pl. XXI, 13, Payne Knight 1830 / Nummi Veteres Civitatum, Regum, Gentium, et Provinciarum, Londini in Museo Ricardi Payne Knight Asservati, ab ipso Ordine Geographico Descripti.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. Tekin1O. Tekin, " Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach",Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes 12 (2000), p. 159-169, Series 4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

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Additional data

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