16852 - Byzantium - Chalcedon (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, 39)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16852

220 BCE - 180 BCEWreathed and veiled head of Demeter right | KAΛXA, BYZAN

Images

Overstriking coin

2386 - Byzantium over uncertain type.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, 39

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAΛXA, BYZAN (Greek) Poseidon seated right, holding aphlaston and trident

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Byzantium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

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. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.6010.6 g <br />10,600 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Schönert-Geiss 19701Schönert-Geiss 1970, n° 1276–82, Turkoglu 20142Turkoglu 2014, n° A2a, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1428

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. 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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on uncertain issue" (nb: league coinage of Byzantium and Chalcedon)

References

^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1970), Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Teil 1: Autonome Zeit, Berlin.
^ Turkoglu, Inci (2014), "Civic coinage of Calchedon" in: Kayhan Dortluk, Oğuz Tekin, Remziye Boyraz Seyhan (eds.), Bildiriler Proceedings : First international congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics, 25-28 febr. 2013, Antalya, Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations, Istanbul, p. 589-606.
^ 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.