2553 - Tarsus (double siglos female head/bearded head) over Side (Athena/Apollo) (Rauch, 47, Nov. 1991, 181)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2553

378 - 362 | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Müller 75 (17-18/10/1993), no. 138 ; Rauch 47 (4-5/11/1991), no. 181

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: 9.889.88 g <br />9,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2000, 109 and 121, note 28, pl. XIII, 10

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Athena standing Athena left, holding Nike in right hand, resting left hand on shield. In field, pomegrenate. Border of dots (visible on obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Apollo standing left (visible on reverse).

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. 360 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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