2468 - Tarsus (double siglos female head/bearded head) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 5, June 2016, 424)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2468

378 - 362 | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Nomos Obolos 5 (26/06/2016), no. 424

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female head facing slightly to left, hair in ampyx, wearing earring and necklace. Dotted border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TRKMW (in Aramaic characters) Bearded head right, wearing crested Attic helmet, drapery around neck. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tarsus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cilicia

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:

Tarkumuwa (i.e. Damates?, satrap in Achaemenid Cappadocia, 380-362 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 378 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 362

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: 10.6410.64 g <br />10,640 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.: 7 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />

References

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Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: different dotted border

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

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