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2452 - Aspendus (double siglos hoplite/triskeles) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (CNG, EA 440, March 2019, 173)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2452


465 - 430 | ΕΣΤ

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group EA 440 (20/03/2019), no. 173

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Warrior walking right, naked, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield attached on left arm. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΣΤ Triskeles of human legs within 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. 465 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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: 10.910.9 g <br />10,900 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Cop 153-1791SNG Cop 153-179, E. Levante2E. Levante, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. France 3. Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lycaonie, Galatie, Paris, 1994, no. 12-13

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Sea turtle (visible on obverse) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: visible on reverse: quadripartite incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Aegina Ancient regionAncient region.  Aegina Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 : HGC 63HGC 6, 435
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ SNG Cop 153-179 
  2. ^ E. Levante 
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.