1800 - Salamis (Nikodamos) (double siglos ram/ankh) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (NAC, 106, 9 May 2018, 310)

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|Sale=NAC 106 (09/05/2018), no. 310 ; Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny 69 (1994), no. 424.
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|Image overstriking coin=Salamis_1800_NAC.jpg
|Archaeological context=Hoard from East (Pfisterer A24)  
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|Image overstruck variety=Aegina 5 parts.jpg
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2238447&AucID=5442&Lot=855
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|Sale=Numismatica Ars Classica, 106, 9 May 2018, 310 = Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny, 69, 1994, 424
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|Archaeological context=Hoard from East (Pfisterer A24)
 
|Obverse legend="pa-si-le-wo-se/ni-ko" (Cypriot syllabic)
 
|Obverse legend="pa-si-le-wo-se/ni-ko" (Cypriot syllabic)
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|Obverse legend language=Cypriot
 
|Obverse description=Ram lying left.
 
|Obverse description=Ram lying left.
 
|Reverse legend="pa / ni-ko-ta-mo" (Cypriot syllabic)
 
|Reverse legend="pa / ni-ko-ta-mo" (Cypriot syllabic)
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|Reverse legend language=Cypriot
 
|Reverse description=Ankh within incuse square.
 
|Reverse description=Ankh within incuse square.
 
|Mint=Salamis
 
|Mint=Salamis
 
|Ancient region=Cyprus
 
|Ancient region=Cyprus
 
|Authority=Nikodamos of Salamis (king of Salamis, third quarter of the 5th century BC)
 
|Authority=Nikodamos of Salamis (king of Salamis, third quarter of the 5th century BC)
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|Date from=460 BCE
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|Date to=450 BCE
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|Period=Classical
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|Metal=Silver
 
|Weight=11.32
 
|Weight=11.32
|Denomination=siglos
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|Denomination=double siglos
|Coin reference=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. 21, no. 24.
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|Standard=Persian
|Overstruck obverse description=Turtle (visible on the coin's obverse).
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|Coin reference=Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 21, n° 24
|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible on the coin's reverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).
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|Coin series reference=Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 12; Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 21, n° 24
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/salamis_cyprus.nikodamos.bmc.31
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|Overstruck obverse description=Land tortoise with segmented shell (visible on the coin's obverse).
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|Overstruck reverse description=Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern (visible on the coin's reverse : mill-sail reverse pattern).
 
|Overstruck mint=Aegina
 
|Overstruck mint=Aegina
|Overstruck ancient region=Aegina
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|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
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|Overstruck date from=460 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=430 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Classical
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|Overstruck denomination=stater
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|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 6, n° 435 ; Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows_askari.2a-c
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|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
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|Level of confidence=sure
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|Remarks="Traces of overstriking"
 
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Latest revision as of 08:31, 9 November 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1800


460 BCE - 450 BCE"pa-si-le-wo-se/ni-ko" (Cypriot syllabic) | "pa / ni-ko-ta-mo" (Cypriot syllabic)

Images
Overstriking coin
Salamis_1800_NAC.jpg
Overstruck variety
Aegina 5 parts.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Numismatica Ars Classica, 106, 9 May 2018, 310 = Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny, 69, 1994, 424
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: Hoard from East (Pfisterer A24)

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: "pa-si-le-wo-se/ni-ko" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ram lying left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: "pa / ni-ko-ta-mo" (Cypriot syllabic) (Cypriot) Ankh within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Salamis Ancient regionAncient region. Cyprus 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: Nikodamos of Salamis (king of Salamis, third quarter of the 5th century BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.3211.32 g <br />11,320 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Persian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 21, n° 24 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Zapiti - Michaelidou 20081Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 12, Destrooper-Georgiades 20132Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 21, n° 24
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Land tortoise with segmented shell (visible on the coin's obverse). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern (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. : Aegina Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 63HGC 6, n° 435, Meadows (forthcoming)4Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Traces of overstriking"

References

  1. ^  Zapiti, Eleni - Michaelidou, Lefki (2008), Coins of Cyprus : from the collection of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 329 p.
  2. ^  Destrooper-Georgiades, A. (2013), "Monnaies chypriotes surfrappées des cités-royaumes," in Demetrios 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, p. 9-40.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  4. ^  Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).