2331 - Aspendus (double siglos athletes/slinger) over Side (Athena/Apollo) (Künker, 262, March 2015, 7258)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2331


380 - 325 | EΣTFEΔIIVΣ

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Künker 262 (13/03/2015), no. 7258

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two naked athletes wrestling. Between them, ΛΦ. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: EΣTFEΔIIVΣ Slinger advancing right. In right field, triskeles. All within an dotted incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Aspendus Ancient regionAncient region. Pamphylia 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 380 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 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: 10.4610.46 g <br />10,460 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: O. Tekin1O. Tekin, " Aspendian 'Wrestlers' : an iconographic approach",Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes 12 (2000), p. 159-169, Series 4

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Athena standing left, wearing chiton and crested helmet, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield. Behind, spear. In the lower field left, pomegranate. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Apollo standing left, pouring libation with a patera in his right hand on a lighted altar and holding long laurel-branch in his left hand. At fett, bird left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Side Ancient regionAncient region.  Pamphylia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 400 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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References

  1. ^ O. Tekin