21518 - Paphos (double siglos bull/eagle) over Aegina (tortoise/incuse square) (Roma Numismatics, EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, 360)
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− | |Sale=Roma Numismatics, EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, 360. | + | |Sale=Roma Numismatics, EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, 360 = Roma Numismatics, EA 115, 14 Dec. 2023, 405 |
|Private collection=From a private German collection. | |Private collection=From a private German collection. | ||
|Obverse description=Bull standing to left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue | |Obverse description=Bull standing to left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue |
Latest revision as of 09:35, 25 November 2023
430 BCE - 420 BCE | 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 60, 1 Aug. 2019, 360 = Roma Numismatics, EA 115, 14 Dec. 2023, 405 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From a private German collection. |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bull standing to left, winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around (Cypriot) Eagle standing to left, one-handled vase to left, all within dotted square in incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Paphos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Cyprus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 430 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8810.88 g <br />10,880 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos ![]() |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Tziambazis 20021Tziambazis 2002, n° 7, Zapiti - Michaelidou 20082Zapiti - Michaelidou 2008, n° 7 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Land tortoise with segmented shell | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Large square incuse with heavy skew pattern |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater ![]() |
StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | 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: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck" |
References
- ^ Tziambazis, Elias (2002), A catalogue of the coins of Cyprus: from 560 B.C. to 1571 A.D., Larnaca, 89 p.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).