2166 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Elsen, 76, 2003, 263)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2166

470 - 430 | pa-si sa-ta-sa' (Cypriot)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Elsen 76 (2003), no. 263.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bull standing left. Above, winged solar disk. In right field, ankh. In exergue, palmette ornament.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

pa-si sa-ta-sa' (Cypriot) Eagle standing left. In left field, one-handled vase. All within dotted square in incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos (BMC)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Stasandros of Paphos (king of Paphos, 5th c BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 470 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430

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: 10.8710.87 g <br />10,870 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater
		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. 53.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 26, A. Destrooper-Georgiades. “Le monnaies frappées à Paphos (Chypre) durant la deuxième moitié du Ve siècle et leur apport à l’histoire de l’île” in Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress (Berlin 2000)2A. Destrooper-Georgiades. “Le monnaies frappées à Paphos (Chypre) durant la deuxième moitié du Ve siècle et leur apport à l’histoire de l’île” in Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress (Berlin 2000), no. 15, G. F. Hill3G. F. Hill, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Greek Coins of Cyprus, London, 1904, p. 38, no. 17

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle (visible on the coin's obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (visible on the coin's reverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Aegina

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

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

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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