250 BCE - 240 BCE | monogram (EΠ)
Overstriking coin SO 8 - Epidaurus over Phlius.jpg
Overstruck variety SO 6 - Epidaurus over Phlius overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg [LHS Numismatik AG - Auction 102, 29 Apr. 2008, Lot 205]
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath. In field, E.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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monogram (EΠ) (Greek) Monogram within laurel wreath.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Epidaurus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Peloponnesus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 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: 2.822.82 g <br />2,820 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bull butting to left, head lowered and turned to face the viewer
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Φ (Greek) Φ within ivy wreath with four inner leaves, and rosette of nine berries above
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Phlius
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Peloponnesus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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hemidrachm
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References
References
- a b LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.