26863 - Rhodes (didrachm Helios/rose) over uncertain type (CNG, 85, Sept. 2010, 449)
From SILVER
340 BCE - 316 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Rhodes_Stack's_Bowers_&_Ponterio_172_16_nov._2012_11667+.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, 85, 15 Sept. 2010, 449 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Helios facing slightly right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Rose with bud to right, grape bunch and E to left, all within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rhodes | Ancient regionAncient region. | Caria (islands) | 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.. 316 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.646.64 g <br />6,640 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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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).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Rhodian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Ashton 2001, p. 102, n° 95-99 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II1Sear II, n° 5037-5040, Ashton 20012Ashton 2001, p. 102, n° 95-99, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1433 |
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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 on uncertain issue (indication of undertype on upper left of rose)" | ||
References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
- ^ 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.
