3523 - Thebes (stater shield/Harmonia) over Thebes (shield/Dionysus) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 530)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3523


450 BCE - 440 BCE | ΘEBAION

Images
Overstriking coin
Thebes_shield_harmonia.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Thebes_Dionysus.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 530

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Boiotian shield. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘEBAION (Greek) Harmonia (wife of Kadmos), seated right on stool, holding Corinthian helmet, within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thebes Ancient regionAncient region. Boeotia 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. 450 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.8411.84 g <br />11,840 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Babelon 1914, n° 233 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, , n° 233 var. (ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ), HGC 42HGC 4, n° 1319 var. (ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Boeotian shield ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Θ-Ε (Greek) Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Thebes Ancient regionAncient region.  Boeotia 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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 395 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. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BCD Boeotia3BCD Boeotia, n° 438
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 an earlier issue with the head of Zeus(?) visible beneath Harmonia"

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Demetriadi, Basil (2006), Triton IX (The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia), 10 Jan. 2006, Lancaster