2741 - Heracleia Pontica (AE Heracles/table) over Heracleia Pontica (Dionysus/monogram) (Savoca Numismatik, EA 104, May 2021, 79)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2741


200 BCE - 30 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 2163 - Heracleia Pontica over Herakleia Pontika.jpg
Overstruck variety
Heracleia_Pontica_Dionysus_monogram.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Savoca, EA 104, 30 May 2021, 79

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ (Greek) Table draped with lionskin and surmounted by bow and quiver. club on ground before. In left field, ΔI monogram.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Heracleia Pontica Ancient regionAncient region. Bithynia 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. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.282.28 g <br />2,280 mg <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: SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1637
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dionysos right, wearing lion skin. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ (Greek) Legend and monogram.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Heracleia Pontica Ancient regionAncient region.  Bithynia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a previous (3rd century BC) issue of the same city: Head of Dionysos right, wearing lion skin / HP[AKΛEΩ]TAN around monogram of ΣA or ΣO"

References

  1. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.