3113 - Sermyle (tetradrachm rider/incuse square) over Mende (donkey/incuse square) (Athens, Alpha Bank, 6251)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3113


480 BCE - 470 BCEΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 735 - Sermyle over Mende.png
Overstruck variety
Mende_under_Sermyle.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Athens, Alpha Bank, 6251

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ (Greek) Horseman galloping right, brandishing spear in raised hand. In field, pellet. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sermyle Ancient regionAncient region. Macedon 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.. 470 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: 16.7516.75 g <br />16,750 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° B7 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Tselekas 20021Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° B7, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 661

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Donkey walking left, with crow to the right pecking on rump. Border of dots (visible: phallus and left back leg of donkey, body of bird). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse square (visible: outer angles of triangular parts).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Mende Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Noe 19263Noe 1926, Group 1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Tselekas, Panagiotis (2002), "Late archaic overstruck staters in the Chalkidike", Nomismatika Chronika 21, p. 30-40.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
  3. ^  Noe, Sydney P. (1926), The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, The American Numismatic Society, New York, 73 p., 10 pl.