2556 - Tarsus (double siglos female head/bearded head) over Side (Athena/Apollo) (New York, ANS, SNG Berry 1294)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2556

378 - 362 | TRKMW (in Aramaic characters)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group 27 (29/09/1993), no. 683

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: 10.7110.71 g <br />10,710 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.: 4 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2000, 109, pl. XIII, 8, SNG Berry, 1294

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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