2512 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over uncertain type (London, BM, RPK, p. 110B.20. Asp)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2512

375 BCE - 325 BCE | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1771_-_Aspendus_(didrachm_athletes-slinger).png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, RPK,p110B.20.Asp
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Payne Knight

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, ΠΟ. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

EΣTFEΔIIVΣ (Greek) Slinger advancing right. In right field, forepart of horse and monogram. All within an dotted 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. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.0610.06 g <br />10,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Knight 1830,, BMC Lycia, p. 101, n° 68 and pl. XXI, 13, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_RPK-p110B-20-Asp	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia1SNG Copenhagen Lycia-Pamphylia, n° 245 (without circle), SNG von Aulock Pamphylien2SNG von Aulock Pamphylien, n° 4571 (without circle), SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 110, Tekin 20004Tekin 2000, p. 159-169, Series 4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aspendus tekin 2000 series 4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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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