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

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2921


480 BCE - 475 BCEΚΩΙΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Cos_NAC_627.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Hermitage Museum Collection Sale(s)Sale(s) : 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) : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org
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:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  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
  2. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.