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

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3554

364 BCE - 352 BCEHPAK

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica.jpg

Overstruck variety

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) ^ᵖ:	Coll. David MacDonald, no. 118

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

HPAK (Greek) Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse:

Trophy of arms. In field, K, bow in bowcase.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Heracleia Pontica

Ancient region

Bithynia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From 364 BCE to 352 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 0.780.78 g <br />780 mg <br />	Denomination: obol	Axis: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		Standard: Chian

References

Coin reference:

MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118

Coin series reference:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1593, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 7, n° 477

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

HPAK (Greek) Head of Heraklea left, wearing d'une couronne de tours.

Reverse:

Goryt and club. In field, letter or symbol.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Heracleia Pontica

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Bithynia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 400 BCE to 352 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

obol

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:

"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1592, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Hoover 2012, no. 476.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

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.
^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ 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.
^ Hoover 2012