21225 - Selge (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Tarsus (Datames) (Baaltars/Ana and Datames) (Triton, IV, Dec. 2000, 287)
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|Overstruck denomination=double siglos | |Overstruck denomination=double siglos | ||
|Overstruck standard=Persian | |Overstruck standard=Persian | ||
− | |Coin series reference overstruck=Moysey 1986, Series 5; SNG France | + | |Coin series reference overstruck=Moysey 1986, Series 5; SNG France 2, n° 298-300 |
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames_satrap_tarsus_moysey_1986_5 | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/datames_satrap_tarsus_moysey_1986_5 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional |
Revision as of 08:38, 14 August 2023
380 BCE - 360 BCE | ΣΤΛΕΓΕΙΥΣ
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 ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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StandardStandard.: Persian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG France 31SNG France 3, n° 1914-1927 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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: | Persian Empire, Tarkumuwa (i.e. Damates?, satrap in Achaemenid Cappadocia, 380-362 BC) |
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 ![]() |
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 France 23SNG France 2, n° 298-300 | ||
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: | "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." |
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.
- ^ Moysey, Robert A. (1986), "The Silver Issues of Pharnabazos and Datames from the Mint of Tarsus in Cilicia", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 31, p. 7-61, pl. 1-5.
- ^ Levante, Edoardo (1993), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France 3. Cabinet des Médailles : Cilicie, Paris, BnF, xviii + 274 p., 103 pl.