2081 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (CNG, EA 356, July 2015, 105)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2081


295 BCE - 250 BCE | monogram (EΠ)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 11 - Epidaurus over Phlius.jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 6 - Epidaurus over Phlius overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg [LHS Numismatik AG, 102, 29 April 2008, lot 205]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 356, 29 July 2015, 105
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : BCD collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath. 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. 295 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.762.76 g <br />2,760 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org 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).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Réquier 19931Réquier 1993, BCD Peloponnesos2BCD Peloponnesos, n° 1226-1229 (same dies as 1228), HGC 53HGC 5, n° 721
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Phlius Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : hemidrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : LHS 96 20064LHS 96 2006, no. 134
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a Phlious hemidrachm"

References

  1. ^  Requier, Pierre (1993), "Le monnayage d'Épidaure à la lumière d'un nouveau trésor", Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, 72, p. 29-46, pl. 1-8
  2. ^  LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^ LHS 96 2006