2378 - Cilicia (uncertain mint) (walls/bull) over Aspendus (hoplite/triskeles) (Heritage Signature, Apr. 2019, 30159)
From SILVER
455 BCE - 400 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Cilicia_2378_Heritage.jpg
Overstruck variety
Aspendos hoplite-triskeles.jpeg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Signature, 29 Apr. 2019, 30159 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Crenelated city walls with three towers. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Forepart of bull right. At lower right, ankh. All within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cilicia (uncertain mint) | 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: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 455 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.7910.79 g <br />10,790 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: doible siglos | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | visible on obverse: hoplite advancing right, spear in right hand and shield in left hand. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | visible on reverse: ΕΣΤ, triskeles within 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: | Persian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 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: | SNG France 31SNG France 3, 2 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Levante, Edoardo [with the collaboration of Peter Weiss] (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 3, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Pamphylie, Pisidie, Lyaconie, Galatie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XXXIV + 293 p. and 146 pl.
