28412 - Pergamum (Eumenes II) (Philetairus/Athena) over Attalid tetradrachm (Philetairus/Athena) (Heritage, NYINC Signature Sale 3122, Jan. 2025, 34078)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28412

197 BCE - 159 BCE | ΦIΛETAIΡOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage, NYINC Signature Sale 3122, 21 Jan. 2025, 34078

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Philetaerus right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦIΛETAIΡOY (Greek) Athena seated left, left elbow resting on grounded shield, wreath in outstretched right hand, transverse spear in background, filleted thyrsus in outer left field, Δ over A in inner left field, bow in right field

Mint and issuing power

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

Pergamum

Ancient regionAncient region.

Mysia

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:

Attalid Kingdom, Eumenes II of Pergamum (Attalid king, 197-159 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 197 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 159 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 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: 16.8716.87 g <br />16,870 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	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).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Westermark1Westermark, Group V.CXXXII, SNG Paris Mysia2SNG Paris Mysia, n° 1631, Meadows 20203Meadows 2020

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Philetaerus right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦIΛETAIΡOY (Greek) Athena seated left, left elbow resting on grounded shield, wreath in outstretched right hand, transverse spear in background

Mint and issuing power

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

Pergamum

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Mysia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Attalid Kingdom

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.. 160 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Attic

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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck" (nb: info transmitted by Aneurin Ellis-Evans: "one can read ΛΕΤ of ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ pretty clearly on the obverse just under the chin").