21225 - Selge (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Tarsus (Datames) (Baaltars/Ana and Datames) (Triton, IV, Dec. 2000, 287)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21225

380 BCE - 360 BCE | ΣΤΛΕΓΕΙΥΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Selge_over_Datames_Triton.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Tarsus_Ana_Datames.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Bank Leu, 36, 7-8 May 1985, 170 = Triton, IV, 5 Dec. 2000, 287
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Hans von Aulock Collection, n° 5252	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Karaman Hoard (IGCH 1244)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two wrestlers grappling, astragalos between

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΤΛΕΓΕΙΥΣ Slinger standing right, Y∃ between legs, triskeles to right

Mint and issuing power

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

Selge

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pisidia

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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 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: 10.7910.79 g <br />10,790 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Paris Pamphylie1SNG Paris Pamphylie, n° 1914-1927
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/selge sng paris 1914-27

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

'BLTRZ' (Aramaic) Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter, before, thymiaterion, all within crenelated wall

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

'TRDMW' (Aramaic) Ana, nude, standing right, facing satrap, togate, standing left, both raising arm, between them, thymiaterion, all within dotted square border within linear border

Mint and issuing power

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

Tarsus

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Cilicia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Tarkumuwa (i.e. Damates?, satrap in Achaemenid Cappadocia, 380-362 BC), Persian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 384 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

double siglos

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Persian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Moysey 19862Moysey 1986, Series 5, SNG Paris Cilicie3SNG Paris Cilicie, n° 298-300
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames satrap tarsus moysey 1986 5

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Datames Stater, cf. SNG Levante 83, with traces of the crenelated wall and grape cluster visible on the obverse and Ana's outline visible on the reverse."