27998 - Olbia (AE Helios/horses) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 112, Sept. 2023, 242)
From SILVER
250 BCE - 225 BCE | OΛ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 112, 7 Sept. 2023, 242. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the collection of GK. |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Radiate, facing head of Helios | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | OΛ (Greek) Conjoined foreparts of two horses |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Olbia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace (Sarmatia) | Modern countryModern country: Ukraine | 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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.935.93 g <br />5,930 mg <br /> | 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).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 420, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1892, SNG Moskau3SNG Moskau, n° 1844-6, Anokhin 20114Anokhin 2011, n° 449 | |
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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: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck" | ||
References
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Abramzon, Mikhail Grigorevich - Frovola, Nina A. - Peter, Ulrike (2019), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Russland, Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau : Münzen des Nördlichen Schwarzmeergebietes, Berlin, De Gruyter.
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (2011), Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region : catalog, Kiev, Izdatelʹskiĭ dom "Stilos", p. 326.
