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

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 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) ᵖ:	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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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
		StandardStandard.: Persian

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. 21, no. 24.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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. 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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.

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 61HGC 6, n° 435, Meadows (forthcoming)2Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking"