2921 - Cos (triple siglos discobolus/crab) over uncertain mint (Numismatica Ars Classica, 59, Apr. 2011, 627)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2921

480 BCE - 475 BCEΚΩΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Hermitage Museum Collection	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Schlessinger, 13, 1935 (duplicates of the Hermitage), 1336 = Leu-M&M, 28, May 1974, Kunstfreund, 165 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 2, 1990, 200 =Triton, XII, 2009, 328 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 59, 4 Apr. 2011, 627 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 140, 7 Nov. 2023, 160.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	W. B. R Montgomery collection ; Gillet collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΚΩΙΟΝ (Greek) Discobolus about to hurl disc. In left field, tripod. Border of dot.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Crab within incuse square with dotted borders.

Mint and issuing power

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

Cos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Caria

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 475 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 16.4816.48 g <br />16,480 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triple siglos
		StandardStandard.: Persic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Babelon 1910, 1740 and pl. CCCLXVIII 13., Boston 2016, BMC Crete, n°9, Kunstfreund 165	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Crete1BMC Crete, n° 9, Babelon 1901-19322Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 2, Part 2, Barron 19683Barron 1968, Group B, n° 13-18, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1299
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cos stefanaki 2012 3.6

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Wroth, Warwick William (1886), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. X : Crete and the Aegean Islands, London, The Trustees, p. 152, pl. XXIX
^ Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
^ Barron, John Penrose (1968), "The Fifth-Century Diskoboloi of Kos", in Colin M. Kraay and Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins (éd.), Essays in Greek Coinage Presented to Stanley Robinson, Oxford, p. 75-89, pl. 8-10.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.