300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Skotussa_Head_horse_(Larissa).jpg
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Overstruck variety
Larissa_nymphe_cavalier_.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Triton XV, 03 Jan. 2012, 753.2.
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Ares or Athena right, in crested helmet. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Bridled horse prancing right.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Scotussa
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thessaly
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.34.3 g <br />4,300 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.519.5 mm <br />1.95 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of nymph facing.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Cavalryman riding horse prancing right.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Larissa
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Thessaly
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 325 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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exceptional
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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RemarksRemarks:
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"The undertype here must be one of the earlier issues of this Larissa type, without letter or monogram below the horse on the reverse"
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References
- a b Rogers, Edgar (1932), The copper coinage of Thessaly, London, iv, 199 p.
- ^ 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.