24935 - Argos Amphilochicum (stater Pegasus/Athena) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries, World CCO Auction, Oct. 2023, 73024)
From SILVER
340 BCE - 300 BCE | ΑΜΦΙ
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Overstriking coin

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Nov. 2023 World CCO Auction, 31 Oct. 2023, 73024 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasos flying left, A below. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΜΦΙ (Greek) Helmeted head of Athena left, javelin behind. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Argos Amphilochicum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Acarnania | 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. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.598.59 g <br />8,590 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater ![]() |
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19901Calciati 1990, n° 36 (var.), HGC 42HGC 4, n° 784 | |
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: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "The obverse struck with a worn die and traces of the undertype remain, but this Stater saw little circulation and so retains crisp details along with ample luster beneath the mottled gray tone" |
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.