2895 - Argos (obol wolf/A) over uncertain type (Malter, Nov. 1993, 182)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 270 BCE | A
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1 - Argos over uncertain mint.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group MBS 79 (17/09/2008), no. 292 ; Malter 55 (07/11/1993), no. 182. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of wolf left. Above, ΣΙ (magistrate name) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | A Club, ΠΡ (magistrate name) and legend within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Argos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Peloponnesus (Argolis) | 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. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.850.85 g <br />850 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 6 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen 171SNG Copenhagen 17, no. 54-5, LHS 96 20062LHS 96 2006, no. 1080.3, HGC 53HGC 5, n° 679 |
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: | uncertain |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 17. Argolis - Arcadia - Crete - Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1944.
- ^ LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.
