2921 - Cos (triple siglos discobolus/crab) over uncertain mint (Numismatica Ars Classica, 59, Apr. 2011, 627)
From SILVER
480 BCE - 475 BCEΚΩΙΟΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Cos_NAC_627.jpg [1]
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.
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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: 16.4816.48 g <br />16,480 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triple siglos
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| 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 |
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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
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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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, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
