3980 - Hercaleia Pontica (obol Heracles/trophy) over Heracleia Pontica (Hera/bowcase & club) (CNG, EA 516, May 2022, 211)

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1593, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 7, n° 477

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

HPAK (Greek) Head of Hera-Tyche to left, wearing turreted crown

Reverse:

Goryt and club. In field, letter or symbol.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Heracleia Pontica

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Bithynia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 364 BCE to 352 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

obol

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, no. 1592, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Hoover 2012, no. 476

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:

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.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
^ Hoover 2012