3519 - Argos Amphilochicum (stater Pegasus/Athena) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 54, Febr. 2019, 70)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 280 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 54, 28 Febr. 2019, 70 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Private European collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasos flying left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, ΔI and shield with strap |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Argos Amphilochicum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Acarnania | 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. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater ![]() |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Corinthian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19901Calciati 1990, n° 19, HGC 42HGC 4, n° 784 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck" |
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
- ^ 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.