1699 - Marium (double siglos Apollo/Europa) over Aspendus (wrestlers/slinger) (London, BM, 1848-8-19.3.2)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1699

"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic)

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1848,0819.3.2	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Sotheby's
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Th. Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se-ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"pa-si-le-wo-se / ti-mo-ka-ri-wo-se" (Cypriot syllabic) Aphrodite seated on bull right, wearing chiton, holding one horn. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Marium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Timocharis of Marium (king of Marium, early 4th c. BC)

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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8310.83 g <br />10,830 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

A. Destrooper-Georgiades, "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes", in D. Michaelides (ed.), Epigraphy, numismatics, prosopography and History of Ancient Cyprus. Papers in honour of Ino Nicolaou, Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology and Literature PB 179, Uppsala, 2013, p. 24, no. 63., BMC Greek (Cyprus) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Cyprus, p. 33, no. 3

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Lembke (2010)1Lembke (2010), 242, no 181, G. F. Hill2G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 33, no. 3 (pl. VII, 11)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two wrestlers.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Artemis (?) right. In right field, triskeles, below, F. All withindotted incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Aspendus

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. 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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