26725 - Caria (uncertain mint) (double siglos lion/helmet) over Aegina? (turtle/incuse square) (Nomos, 33, June 2024, 1346)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26725

480 BCE - 450 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Caria_uncertain_mint_Nomos_AG, _33, _9_June_2024, _1346.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Künker 247, 13 March 2014, 7263 = Nomos AG, 33, 9 June 2024, 1346 (said to have once been in the collection of Emile Bourgey).
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion springing to right with raised forepaws

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Corinthian helmet to right within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Caria (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Caria

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 11.7711.77 g <br />11,770 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: double siglos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Persian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Robinson 1936, pl. XIV, 13 (this coin). HN Online 2732	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Robinson 19361Robinson 1936, pl. XIV, 13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=2732

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Attica

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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 BCE

Archaic until 480 BC , Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	HGC 62HGC 6, n° 437, Meadows (forthcoming)3Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"with traces of having been overstruck on an Aeginetan stater"