SO 1466 - Samos over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2147

420 BCE - 415 BCE | ΕΓΙΒΑΤΙΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Samos_Barron_97b.png [Barron 1966, Class VIII, pl. XIV, 97b]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion scalp facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΕΓΙΒΑΤΙΟΣ (Greek) Forepart of ox right. Behind, an oliv branch. Above and to right. All 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 415 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: 12.1812.18 g <br />12,180 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Samian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Barron 1966, class VIII, pl. XIV, n° 97b, p. 64-65, Lennep 1894

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Barron 19661Barron 1966, class VIII, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1191

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. 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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Barron 1966 "perhaps overstruck"

References

^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
^ 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.