3142 - Athens (tetradrachm Athena/owl) over Syracuse (quadriga/Arethusa) (MacDonald coll., 109)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3142


461 BCE - 454 BCE | AΘE

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : MacDonald coll. n° 109

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Owl right. Behind, olive spring and cescent.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Athens Ancient regionAncient region. Attica 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. 461 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 454 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: 17.1817.18 g <br />17,180 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 148, n° 109 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Starr 19701Starr 1970, Group V, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 148, n° 109, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1596
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Quadriga right. Above, Nike right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Aretusa right surrounded by four dolphins
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Magna Graecia (Sicily) Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE Classical 480-323 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 : Boehringer 19294Boehringer 1929, Group III, VIIIb (R104).
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Starr, Chester G. (1970), Athenian Coinage 480-449 B.C., Oxford, 97 p., 26 pl.
  2. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
  4. ^  Boehringer, Erich (1929), Die Münzen von Syrakus, Berlin-Leipzig, vi, [2], 297 p. : ill. and portfolio of 32 pl. ; 28 cm