3728 - Scotussa (AE Athena/horse) over Larissa (nymph/rider) (Triton, XV, Jan. 2012, 753.2)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3728


300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Skotussa_Head_horse_(Larissa).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Larissa_nymphe_cavalier_.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton XV, 03 Jan. 2012, 753.2.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Ares or Athena right, in crested helmet. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Bridled horse prancing right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Scotussa Ancient regionAncient region. Thessaly 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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.34.3 g <br />4,300 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.519.5 mm <br />1.95 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1174333 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Edgar Rogers 19321Edgar Rogers 1932, n°546-7, HGC 42HGC 4, n°615
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of nymph facing. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Cavalryman riding horse prancing right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Larissa Ancient regionAncient region.  Thessaly 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. 325 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Edgar Rogers 19321Edgar Rogers 1932, n°284, fig. 137 var.
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:
RemarksRemarks: "The undertype here must be one of the earlier issues of this Larissa type, without letter or monogram below the horse on the reverse"

References

  1. a b  Rogers, Edgar (1932), The copper coinage of Thessaly, London, iv, 199 p.
  2. ^  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.