355 BCE - 352 BCE | X – A – ΛKIΔ – EΩN
Overstriking coin
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Leu, 20, 1978, 67 = Sotheby’s, 21-22 June 1990, Hunt part II, 352 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 66, 17 Oct. 2012, 26
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Nelson Bunker Hunt coll.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Apollo r.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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X – A – ΛKIΔ – EΩN (Greek) Seven-stringed lyre, above, tripod and below, EΠI•AΡIΣTΩNOΣ
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Olynthus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Chalcidian League (c. 430-348 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 355 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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: 14.3614.36 g <br />14,360 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Apollo r.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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X – A – ΛKIΔ – EΩN (Greek) Seven-stringed lyre
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 355 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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References
References
- a b Robinson, David M. - Clement, Paul Augustus (1938), Excavations at Olynthus. Part IX : The Chalcidic Mint and the Excavations Coins Found in 1928-1934, Baltimore.
