2822 - Tarsus (double siglos Baaltars/lion and bull on city walls) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 66, May 2004, 616)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2822

361 BCE - 334 BCEB'LTRZ (Aramaic characters) | MZDI (in Aramaic characters)

Images

Overstriking coin

Tarsus_2822_CNG.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 66, 19 May 2004, 616

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

B'LTRZ (Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Baaltars seated left, holding lotus-tipped cepter surmounted by an eagle. In left field, grain ear and grape bunch. Brder of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MZDI (in Aramaic characters) (Aramaic) Lion left bringing down bull to left above two rows of crenellated walls, each with four towers. 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:

Mazaeus (satrap of Cicilia, Transeuphratene and Babylonia, c. 350-328 BC), Persian Empire

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.. 334 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: 10.7810.78 g <br />10,780 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2018b, p. 147, n° 44	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG France 21SNG France 2, n° 356, Callataÿ 2018b2Callataÿ 2018b, p. 147, n° 44
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mazaeus satrap tarsus newell 1920 6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible on obverse: traces behind the head of Baaltars

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck"

References

^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2018), “Overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver sigloi (5th-4th c. BC)”, in O. Tekin (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics in the Mediterranean World, 5-8 January 2017 Antalya, Antalya, 2018, p. 131-150.