18929 - Ilium (tetradrachm Athena/Athena) over uncertain type (Glasgow, Hunterian Museum, 1021)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18929

100 BCE - 70 BCE | AΘHNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ at sides; Agathes s. Menophilos

Images

Overstriking coin

Ilium_2521_Hunterian.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Glasgow, SNG Hunterian, n° 1021

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘHNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ at sides; Agathes s. Menophilos (Greek) The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing right, holding distaff and filleted spear, monogram to left

Mint and issuing power

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

Ilium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Ellis-Evans 20161Ellis-Evans 2016, O32-R73

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

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Ellis-Evans, Aneurin (2016), "The Koinon of Athena Ilias and its Coinage", American Journal of Numismatic, 28, p. 105-158, pl. 36-46.