1705 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (Myers-Adams, 11, Apr. 1975, 113)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1705

255 BCE - 250 BCE | monogram (EΠ)

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Noble 93 (13/04/2010), no. 4946 ; Myers-Adams Auction Sale 11 (11/04/1975), no. 113.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	BCD collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath. In field, E.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

monogram (EΠ) (Greek) Monogram within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Epidaurus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Peloponnesus

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. 255 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 2.742.74 g <br />2,740 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Réquier 19931Réquier 1993, BCD Peloponnesos2BCD Peloponnesos, n° 1237-1239 and 1241, HGC 53HGC 5, n° 724
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/epidaurus.requier 1993.hemidrachm serie 1-2e

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bull butting to left, head lowered and turned to face the viewer

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Φ (Greek) Φ within ivy wreath with four inner leaves, and rosette of nine berries above

Mint and issuing power

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

Phlius

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

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. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BCD Peloponnesos2BCD Peloponnesos, n° 132ff
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phlius.bmc peloponnesos.18-22

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a hemidrachm of Phlious, [*F visible in the undertype], Ex BCD Collection not in catalogues, acquired from Myers-Adams Auction Sale 11, 11th April 1975. (lot 113). The original Phlious reverse with *F within wreath can be easily seen underneath the present reverse type".

References

^ Requier, Pierre (1993), "Le monnayage d'Épidaure à la lumière d'un nouveau trésor", Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, 72, p. 29-46, pl. 1-8
a b LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.