3554 - Heracleia Pontica (obol Heracles/trophy) over Heracleia Pontica (Hera/bowcase & club) (MacDonald coll., 118)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3554


364 BCE - 352 BCEHPAK

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica.jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica overstruck variety.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Coll. David MacDonald, no. 118

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: HPAK (Greek) Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Trophy of arms. In field, K, bow in bowcase.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Heracleia Pontica Ancient regionAncient region. Bithynia 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. 364 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 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: 0.780.78 g <br />780 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Chian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1593, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 477

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: HPAK (Greek) Head of Heraklea left, wearing d'une couronne de tours. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Goryt and club. In field, letter or symbol.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Heracleia Pontica Ancient regionAncient region.  Bithynia 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 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. : obol Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1592, Hoover 20124Hoover 2012, no. 476.
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  2. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  4. ^ Hoover 2012