24907 - Cassope (AE Aphrodite/dove) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 484, Jan. 2021, 181)
From SILVER
342 BCE - 325 BCE | ΠOΛ
Images
Overstriking coin
CNG_181.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 484, 27 Jan. 2021, 181. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Aphrodite right, wearing polos. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠOΛ (Greek) Dove flying left, within wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cassope | Ancient regionAncient region. | Epirus | 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. 342 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 5.045.04 g <br />5,040 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).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Franke 19611Franke 1961, n°19-20 var., HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 246 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
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: | "overstruck (likely on a issue of Philip II type)" | ||
References
- ^ Franke, Peter Robert (1961), Die antiken Münzen von Epirus. I : Poleis, Stämme und epirotischer Bund bis 27 v. Chr. Katalog und Untersuchungen, Wiesbaden
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
