SO 1457 - Samos over uncertain mint
From SILVER
499 BCE - 495 BCE
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 2008.39.62 | ||
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | A. R. A. Tzamalis coll. | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | IGCH 1644 (Asyut hoard) |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Lion scalp facing. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of ox right, truncation dotted, within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Samos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 499 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 495 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.3213.32 g <br />13,320 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Samian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Asyut, n° 649 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Barron 19661 , HGC 62 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle (visible on the obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Windmill (marks visible on the reverse) |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aegina | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater | StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 62 , Meadows (forthcoming)3 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).