3848 - Olbia (AE Helios/horses) over Olbia (Demeter/axe and bowcase) (Roma Numismatics, EA 66, Jan. 2020, 67)
From SILVER
250 BCE - 225 BCE | ΟΛ
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Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 66, 9 Jan. 2020, 67 = A. H. Baldwin and Sons Ltd. (2004). | |
| Private collection(s) ᵖ: | W. Stancomb collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Helios facing, wearing radiate crown. | Reverse: | ΟΛ (Greek) Conjoined foreparts of two horses. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Olbia | Ancient region | Thrace (Sarmatia) | Modern country: Ukraine | Authority: |
Chronology
| From 250 BCE to 225 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br /> | Axis: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
| Diameter: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin reference: | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 612, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG Stancomb, n° 418, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1892, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Anokhin 2011, n° 449 | |
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Demeter to left, small head of Perseus to left behind | Reverse: | OΛBIO above, ΣΩMO below (Greek) Axe and bow in bowcase. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Olbia | Ancient region ᵖ | Thrace (Sarmatia) | Modern country: Ukraine | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 260 BCE to 225 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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Physical description
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.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 606 (same dies), "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1890 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | strong |
| Remarks: | [[Remarks::"overstruck on a Demeter and Perseus/Axe and bow in bowcase type (cf. SNG BM Black Sea 606 [same dies])"]] | ||
References
- a b Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (2011), Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region : catalog, Kiev, Izdatelʹskiĭ dom "Stilos", p. 326.
