3121 - Tyras (AE Demeter r./forepart of horse r.) over Tyras (head of Tyras l./head of horse l.) (Ebay seller blackseaantiquities, April 2017)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3121

310 BCE - 300 BCE | TYPA

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 593 - Tyras (AE Demeter-Horse) over Tyras.png

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay seller blackseaantiquities, 22 Apr. 2017

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TYPA (Greek) Forepart of horse right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tyras

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace (Sarmatia)

Modern countryModern country: Ukraine

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. 310 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.5410.54 g <br />10,540 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, n° 1957

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horned head of the river-god Tyras to left, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TYPA (Greek) Head of a bridled horse to right

Mint and issuing power

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

Tyras

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace (Sarmatia)

Modern countryModern country: Ukraine

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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

, Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 337, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, n° 331, HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, n° 1955

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"The previouse underlayered coin (obv: Head of Tyras, Rev: Head of Galloping horse right. TYRA left) clearly seen. Both obverse and reverse sides display original detail & images"

References

a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.