SO 1470 - Samos over uncertain mint
From SILVER
412 BCE - 404 BCE | ΣΑΜΙ
Images
Overstriking coin
Samos_MacDonald_coll._159.jpg [MacDonald 2007, p.210]
Overstruck variety
Samos_MacDonald_159_drawing.jpg [MacDonald 2007, p.210]
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Athens, private collection ; MacDonald collection n°159 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Lion scalp facing. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΑΜΙ (Greek) Forepart of ox right, wearing ornemental collar, truncation dotted. Behind, an oliv branch. In right field, monogram. 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. 412 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 404 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.1317.13 g <br />17,130 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Barron 1966, class IX, pl. XVII, n°101b, MacDonald 2009, p. 210, n°159 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Barron 19661Barron 1966, class IX, HGC 62HGC 6, n°1213, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 210, n°159 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | visible on reverse: vague traces | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | visible on obverse: portion of incuse square, other vague traces |
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 "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.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
