3839 - Phoenicia (uncertain Athenian imitation mint) (tetradrachm Athena/owl) over Myrina (Apollo/standing Apollo) (MacDonald coll., 138)

From SILVER


160 BCE - 120 BCE | AΘΕ

Images
Overstriking coin
Athenian_imitation_DMD_138.jpg [MacDonald 2009, p.185]
Overstruck variety
Myrina Apollon Sack 8.png [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
Myrina_Apollon_Sack_8_drawing.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s) ᵖ: D. MacDonald collection, n° 138

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. Reverse: AΘΕ (Greek) Owl perched on amphora. In field, Σ (?) and monogram. All within laurel wreath.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Phoenicia (uncertain Athenian imitation mint) Ancient region Phoenicia Modern country: Lebanon Authority:
Chronology
From 160 BCE to 120 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.1116.11 g <br />16,110 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: MacDonald 2009, p.185, n° 138 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Thompson 1961, n° 228-265, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 2009, p.185, n° 138, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 4, n° 1602 (imitation of this variety)
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: Apollo's eye, traces of hair, nose). Reverse: MYPINAIΩN (Greek) Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch with two fillets and phiale. At feet, omphalos and amphora. In field, one or more monograms. All within laurel wreath (visible: portions of wreath, mots of figure of Apollo, traces of omphalos).
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Myrina Ancient region ᵖ Aeolis Modern country: Turkey Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 160 BCE to 150 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Sacks 1985, n° 8
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidence: sure
Remarks:

References

  1. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
  2. ^  MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Sacks, Kenneth S. (1985), "The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 30, p. 1-43, pl. 1-22.