3762 - Argos Amphilochicum (AE Hermes/dog) over uncertain type (London, BM - Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, 4α)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3762

330 BCE - 300 BCE | ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, BM

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Hermes to left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ (Greek) Dog running to right, in exergue, spear tip to right

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Argos Amphilochicum

Ancient regionAncient region.

Acarnania

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. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.366.36 g <br />6,360 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 4α.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, n° 7, Kremydi-Sicilianou 20002Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 4α., BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien3BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n° 143-146, 163.1-163.4, 164.1-4, HGC 44HGC 4, n° 789
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argos amphilochicum.bmc.1-7

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: the forepart of a horse is clear on the reverse.

References

^ Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
^ Kremydi-Sicilianou, Sophia (2000), "Makedonia chai Akarnania : e chrese Makedonikon Chalkon gia ten kope Akarnanikon ekdoseon" (Macedonia and Acarnania : Acarnanian coins struck on Macedonian bronzes), Nomisma oto Makedoniko choro praktika v'epistemonikes synanteses ... [et al], Thessalonique, p. 61-77.
^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
^ 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.