3295 - Parion (AE altar/ΠΑ-ΡΙ) over uncertain type (Marc Breitsprecher stock)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3295


200 BCE - 50 BCE | ΠΑ-ΡΙ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 70 - Parium over Parium.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : VCoins, Marc R. Breitsprecher, Feb. 2025, SKU: 58588
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From Frank Kovacs stock

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Altar decorated with bucranium. Below, thyrsos. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΠΑ-ΡΙ (Greek) Legend within wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Parium Ancient regionAncient region. Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.993.99 g <br />3,990 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://mrbcoins.com/cgi-bin/lotinfo.pl?id=40372 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG von Aulock Mysien1SNG von Aulock Mysien, 7427430

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Parium Ancient regionAncient region.  Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: uncertain
RemarksRemarks: "The overstrike gives the reverse an interesting and artistic effect"

References

  1. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien. 4 Heft. Nr. 1050-1438, Berlin, 1957