16251 - Scione (tetradrachm lion & stag/incuse square) over Acanthus (lion & bull/incuse square) (Winterthur, 1408)
From SILVER
520 BCE - 500 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Winterthur, n° 1408 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Lion to the right on back of stag to the left, the stag, with head raised and looking forwards, is kneeling on left foreleg, the lion with head in profile is clinging with tooth and claw to the hindquarters of the stag, within a circular border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Scione | Ancient regionAncient region. | Macedon | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2016.2 g <br />16,200 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° C2 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bloesch 19571Bloesch 1957, 0-7, pl. 1, n° 7-9, Bloesch 19872Bloesch 1987, n° 1408, Tselekas 20023Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° C2 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Lion left clinging with tooth and claw on the hindquarters of a bull kneeling right with head raised and looking forwards. In exergue, floral ornament. Border of dots | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Acanthus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | 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. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Desneux 19494Desneux 1949, Tselekas 19965Tselekas 1996, HGC 3.26HGC 3.2, n° 381 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Bloesch, Hansjörg (1957), "Die Löwen von Skione," Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 38, p. 5-10, pl. 1.
- ^ Bloesch, Hansjörg (1987), Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Wintherthur, Münzkabinett der Stadt Winterthur,
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (2002), "Late archaic overstruck staters in the Chalkidike", Nomismatika Chronika 21, p. 30-40.
- ^ Desneux, Jules (1949), "Les tétradrachmes d’Akanthos", Revue Belge de Numismatique, 95, p. 5-122, pl. 1-38.
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
