26869 - Rhodes (tetradrachm Helios/rose) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 134, Nov. 2022, 242)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26869

400 BCE - 385 BCE | POΔ – ION

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hess-Leu, 24 March 1959, 263 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 134, 21 Nov. 2022, 242
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From a Distinguished Swiss collection.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Facing head of Helios, slightly r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

POΔ – ION (Greek) Rose with bud l., in field, Φ and phiale. 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 385 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: 15.0915.09 g <br />15,090 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II1Sear II, n° 5029, RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 260, Ashton 20013Ashton 2001, n° 1-6, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1418
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhodes ashton 2001 1-6 http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1022 http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1028 http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=1029

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:	"unobtrusive traces of overstriking"

References

^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
^ 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, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.