3681 - Corinth (stater Pegasus/swastika) over Athens (Gorgon/incuse square) (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 254)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3681


550 BCE - 15 BCEϘ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 3 - Corinth over Athens.jpg
Overstruck variety
Athens SO3.jpeg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, 254

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Ϙ Pegasus flying left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Quadripartite incuse square (shape of swastika).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Corinth 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. 550 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 15 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: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 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: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Ravel 1936 P40/T381Ravel 1936 P40/T38, Calciati 19902Calciati 1990, n° 24, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1815
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Gorgoneion facing with open mouth and protruding tongue ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Quadripartite incuse square, diagonally divided
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica 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. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 515 BCE Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Seltman 19244Seltman 1924, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1616
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on an Athens Wappenmünzen didrachm (gorgoneion clearly visible on the reverse)"

References

  1. ^ Ravel 1936 P40/T38 
  2. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
  3. a b  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.
  4. ^  Seltman, Charles T. (1924), Athens. Its History and Coinage before the Persian, Cambridge, 228 p., 24 pl.