3766 - Histiaea (AE Nymph Histiaea/forpart of bull) over uncertain type (Lanz, 111, Nov. 2002, 491)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3766


400 BCE - 300 BCE | IΣΤI

Images
Overstriking coin
Histiaea.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Numismatik Lanz München, 111, 25 Nov. 2002, 491

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Nymph Histiaia right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: IΣΤI (Greek) Forepart of bull right. In field, kantharos.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Histiaea Ancient regionAncient region. Euboea 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.192.19 g <br />2,190 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, n° 193-195, BMC Central Greece2BMC Central Greece, n° 19 var. 2,19
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "This coin is probably overstruck on a bronze of Aegina (see BMC Attica, pl. XXV, 11-14). Traces of the incuse square can be seen on the obverse behind the nymph's head. " (nb: most unlikely)

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. ^  Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.