Introduction List of overstrikes Aspendos Nagidos
Introduction
This part of the catalogue maps overstrikes associated with the pre-Hellenistic coin production of Cilicia Trachea. It includes both coins that were overstruck by mints in Cilicia Trachea and coins from Cilicia Trachea overstruck by mints in other regions. The detailed description of each overstrike contains a link to the corresponding entry in the Greek Overstrikes Database (a project initiated and directed by François de Callataÿ) under the abbreviation GOD.
For an analysis of overstrikes on Pamphylian and Cilician silver coins, see Callataÿ 2017 and Callataÿ 2024.
List of overstrikes
| Overstrike | Undertype | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|
| Aspendos | Kelenderis | Aspendos / Kelenderis, 1, Aspendos / Kelenderis, 2 |
| Nagidos | Kelenderis (?) | Nagidos / Kelenderis, 1 |
| Nagidos | Tiribazos (?) | Nagidos / Tiribazos, 1 |
| Nagidos | uncertain | Nagidos / uncertain, 1 |
Aspendos
| Aspendos / Kelenderis, 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.81 g |
| Diameter: | 20 mm |
| Obverse: | Helmeted nude hoplite warrior advancing right, shield in left hand, spear forward in right; between legs, ivy leaf. Undertype traces: goat kneeling to left on solid exergual line, head turned back to right (visible goat’s forepart and exergual line in the left part of the flan). |
| Reverse: | Triskeles; in upper right field, ΕΣ; all within incuse square. Undertype traces: horse rearing to left (visible horse’s front legs and dotted border in the left part of the flan; hind part of the horse in the right part of the flan). |
| This coin: | Heritage Auctions, Inc., Auction 231950 (12 December 2019), Lot 62076 (acsearch.info URL). |
| References: | SNG France 3, 10 var. (EƩT and pomegranate on reverse). |
| GOD: | Silver ID 21769 |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis stater, Group 2, uncertain type |
| Credit: | Heritage Auctions, Inc. |
| Remark: | This type of Aspendos staters is dated to the period c. 465–430 BC by SNG France 3. |
| Aspendos / Kelenderis, 2 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.80 g | |
| Diameter: | 19 mm | |
| Obverse: | Helmeted nude hoplite warrior advancing right, shield in left hand, spear forward in right; between legs, tortoise oriented vertically. Test cut. Undertype traces: rider on horse to left (visible part of the horse’s head and rider’s head, shoulders and hands at the bottom of the flan). |
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| Reverse: | Triskeles; above, [Ε]–Σ and tortoise; below, lion standing left; all within incuse square. Undertype traces: goat kneeling to left on double exergual line with hatched markings (visible goat’s rump in the right part of the flan and the exergual line at the bottom of the flan). |
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| This coin: | Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 435 (2 January 2019), Lot 106 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| References: | SNG von Aulock 11, 4484 var. (tortoise on the obverse oriented horizontally; same reverse die); several specimens on the market, e.g. Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 439 (6 March 2019), Lot 93 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 20434 | |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis stater, Group 2, Type 2C.1 | |
| Credit: | Classical Numismatic Group | |
| Remarks: | (1) | Identification of the undertype as Type 2C.1 is made possible by the exergual line with hatched markings. |
| (2) | This type of Aspendos staters is dated to the period c. 465–430 BC by SNG France 3. | |
Nagidos
| Nagidos / Kelenderis, 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.77 g | |
| Diameter: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, holding phiale in extended right arm, left arm resting on the back of the chair; to right, Eros standing left, his right arm extended to Aphrodite; dotted border. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding in extended right hand a vine upon which two grape bunches hang, thyrsos in left; in right field, NAΓI, and in left field, ΔEΩN; in upper right field, M in circle. Undertype traces: horse rearing to right (visible the horse’s rump and its right hind leg in the left part of the flan). |
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| This coin: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 241 (10 October 2016), Lot 1581 (acsearch.info URL). Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 7 (27 November 2012), Lot 93 (acsearch.info URL). |
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| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 2.6a. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 2362 | |
| Undertype: | Kelenderis stater, Group 3, uncertain type | |
| Credit: | Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung | |
| Remarks: | (1) | This overstrike was published in Callataÿ 2017, pp. 134 and 143–4 (cat. 28). That this is an overstrike of a Kelenderis stater is likely, but not completely certain. The remnant of the original design is visible only in the left part of the reverse and is deformed due to the new strike. The undertype exergual line is not visible on the coin, but it is clear that the horse’s cannon (assuming the remnant of the undertype design is indeed the rear of a horse) must be at a very sharp angle to the surface. Otherwise, the horse would have been placed too high on the original coin and such a significantly misplaced die does not seem very likely. A depiction of a horse with its hind legs in such a position can be seen, for example, on Type 3I.1. |
| (2) | This type of Nagidos staters is dated to the period c. 385/4–375 BC by Casabonne 2004 (pp. 113–4, Type 5), to the period c. 380–360 BC by SNG Levante, and to the period c. 365–3 BC by Lederer 1931 and SNG von Aulock. | |
| Nagidos / Tiribazos, 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.73 g | |
| Diameter: | unknown | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite enthroned left, holding phiale, her left arm around the shoulders of Eros, who stands left, holding open wreath in his left hand, his right arm around the back of Aphrodite; dotted border. Undertype traces: bearded head of Herakles (visible left outline of the head in the left part of the flan). |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding in extended right hand a vine upon which two grape bunches hang, thyrsos in left; in right field, NAΓI, and in left field, ΔEΩN; in exergue, Π. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| This coin: | Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, Auction 36 (30 May 2012), Lot 473 (acsearch.info URL). | |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 2.3b. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 2406 | |
| Undertype: | Probably stater of Tiribazos, Satrap of Lydia, SNG France 2, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163 (Soloi), and 395, 396, 397 (Mallos). Obv.: bearded head of Herakles right, lion skin tied around neck; rev.: head of satrap right, wearing bashlyk. These staters are dated to the 380s BC. | |
| Credit: | Münzen & Medaillen GmbH | |
| Remarks: | (1) | This overstrike was published in Callataÿ 2017, pp. 134 and 144 (cat. 29). Callataÿ also lists the following two less probable possible undertypes: Evagoras I of Salamis, c. 411–374 BC (BMC 23, p. 57, no. 55; obv.: bearded head of Herakles; rev.: goat couchant r.), and Nagidos, Type 1.6, 380s BC. In the Greek Overstrikes Database, the undertype is now atttributed to Evagoras I of Salamis. |
| (2) | This type of Nagidos staters is dated before c. 385/4 BC by Casabonne 2004 (p. 113, Type 6), to the period c. 375–365 BC by SNG France 2, and to the period c. 375–370 BC by Lederer 1931. | |
| Nagidos / uncertain, 1 | |
| Denomination: | AR Stater |
Detail
| Weight: | 10.10 g | |
| Diameter: | 26–27 mm | |
| Obverse: | Aphrodite seated left, wearing polos, hair falling in curls, holding phiale in extended right arm, left arm resting on the back of the chair; to left, Eros flying to right, bearing an olive wreath to crown Aphrodite; below throne, mouse; dotted border. Undertype traces: no identifiable part of the undertype design. |
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| Reverse: | Bearded Dionysos dressed in a long robe, standing left, holding grape bunch on vine in extended right hand, thyrsos in left; in left field, control marks; in right field, NAΓIΔEΩN; in upper left field, epigraphic shape of letter Zeta (𐤆); in lower left field, Δ. Undertype traces described by Bar 1995, p. 3: “La pièce a été surfrappée: il reste au revers des traces de l’ancienne empreinte, notamment à hauteur de la tête de Dionysios, en oblique, un des côtés d’un carré de grènetis (voir agrandissement photographique); en outre, une fissure dans le haut des cuisses et un filet s’enroulant dans la lettre 𐤆 qui se trouve en haut à gauche.” |
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| This coin: | Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 30 (12 June 1993), Lot 120. | |
| References: | Coin Catalogue, Nagidos, Type 3.3a. | |
| GOD: | Silver ID 3173 | |
| Undertype: | Possibly Aspendos or Selge stater. Obv.: Two wrestlers grappling; rev.: slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles in right field, all in dotted square. The Aspendos staters with the square dotted border on the reverse belongs to Series 1–4 by Tekin 1997, which is dated to the period c. 420–330/25 BC. | |
| Remarks: | (1) | This overstrike was published by Bar 1995 and is also listed in Callataÿ 2017, p. 144 (cat. 30). The identification of the undertype is very uncertain, Callataÿ mentions Nagidos as next possibility. In the Greek Overstrikes Database, the undertype is atttributed to Aspendos. |
| (2) | This type of Nagidos staters is dated before c. 385/4 BC by Casabonne 2004 (p. 113, Type 4) and to the period c. 358–6 BC by Lederer 1931. | |
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