2335 - Cyme (tetradrachm Amazon/horse) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 317, Oct. 2010, 221)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2335

165 BCE - 155 BCE | ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hess-Divo, 317, 27 Oct. 2010, 221

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of the Amazone Kyme right, wearing headband, the hair on the neck tied up in a knot

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Horse walking right, a vase under his hoof. In exergue, ΚΑΛΛΙΑΣ. All within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Cyme

Ancient regionAncient region.

Aeolis

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. 165 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 155 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: 16.8816.88 g <br />16,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Oakley 1982	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock (4 vols.), Berlin, 1957-1967, no. 1636, Oakley 19822Oakley 1982
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cyme aeolis oakley 1982 kallias

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren auf dem Rv."

References

^ SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
^ Oakley, John H. (1982), "The Autonomous Wreathed Tetradrachms of Kyme", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 27, p. 1-37, pl. 1-14