2178 - Chios (AE - Sphinx/amphora) over Chios (Sphinx/two bands) (Heritage Auctions, 231749, Dec. 2017, 61050)
From SILVER
290 BCE - 270 BCE | ΧΙΟΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
Chios SO 1455.jpg
Overstruck variety
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Chios SO 1454 (overstruck).jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Auctions 231749, 7 Dec. 2017, lot 61050 | |
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.453.45 g <br />3,450 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, n° 1626, Hardwick 19912Hardwick 1991, p. 286-287, n°13, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1149 | |
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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 (islands) | 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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Sear II4Sear II, n° 4611, Hardwick 19912Hardwick 1991, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1143 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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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
