2331 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Side (Athena/Apollo) (Künker, 262, March 2015, 7258)
From SILVER
380 - 325 | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Künker 262 (13/03/2015), no. 7258 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, ΛΦ. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles. All within an dotted incuse 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: 10.4610.46 g <br />10,460 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm 
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | 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.: | Athena standing left, wearing chiton and crested helmet, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield. Behind, spear. In the lower field left, pomegranate. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Apollo standing left, pouring libation with a patera in his right hand on a lighted altar and holding long laurel-branch in his left hand. At fett, bird left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Side | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Pamphylia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 400 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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References
- ^ O. Tekin
