2016 - Chios (AE - Sphinx/amphora) over Chios (Sphinx/two bands) (ebay Pavlos Pavlou, Jan. 2020)
From SILVER
290 BCE - 270 BCE | ΧΙΟΣ
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ebay seller Pavlos Pavlou, 6 Jan. 2020 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Sphinx seated left | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΧΙΟΣ (Greek) Amphora. In right field, ΧΙΡΩΝ (magistrate name). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chios | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | 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. 290 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.074.07 g <br />4,070 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31 , Hardwick 19912 , HGC 63 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Sphinx seated left, left forepaw raised, to right, grape bunch | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Vine-wreath encircling two bands placed crosswise, one inscribed with the name of the city, the other with magistrate's name |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Chios | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Ionia | 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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Sear II4 , Hardwick 19912 , HGC 63 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1946), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 24. Ionia, Part 3. Smyrna - Teos. Islands, Copenhagen, Einar Munksgaard
- a b Hardwick, Nicholas (1991), The coinage of Chios from the sixth to fourth century B.C., Oxford, unpublished DPhil, xvi + 316 p.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762