3344 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 2492)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3344


250 BCE - 240 BCE | monogram (EΠ)

Images
Overstriking coin
Epidaure_CNG_MBS_81_2492_(sur_Phlionte)+.jpg [1]
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]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 81, 20 May 2009, 2492
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : BCD collection (not in the sale) Archaeological contextArchaeological context: 1979/80 Epidaurus Hoard (CH VII, 69)

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath. In field, E. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: monogram (EΠ) (Greek) Monogram within laurel wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Epidaurus Ancient regionAncient region. Peloponnesus 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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.822.82 g <br />2,820 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Requier 1993, series 2, dies D1/R1, 172 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BCD Peloponnesos1BCD Peloponnesos, n° 1237-1239 (same dies) and 1241, HGC 52HGC 5, n° 724
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bull butting to left, head lowered and turned to face the viewer ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Φ (Greek) Φ within ivy wreath with four inner leaves, and rosette of nine berries above
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Phlius Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus 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. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : hemidrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : LHS 96 20063LHS 96 2006, no. 132ff
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: "overstruck on a hemidrachm of Phlious"

References

  1. ^  LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^ LHS 96 2006