3681 - Corinth (stater Pegasus/swastika) over Athens (Gorgon/incuse square) (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 254)
From SILVER
550 BCE - 15 BCEϘ
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | 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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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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. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 515 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC ![]() |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm ![]() |
StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | 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
- ^ Ravel 1936 P40/T38
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
- 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.
- ^ Seltman, Charles T. (1924), Athens. Its History and Coinage before the Persian, Cambridge, 228 p., 24 pl.