SO 270 - Uncertain mint imitating Athens over Myrina
From SILVER
140 BCE - 130 BCE | AOEM
Images
Overstriking coin
Athenian_imitation_DMD_136.jpg [MacDonald 2009, p.183]
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
Myrina_Apollon_Sack_8.png
Athenian_imitation_DMD_136_drawing.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection, n°136 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AOEM (Greek) Owl perched on amphora. In field, symbol and monogram. All within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Athens - pretended mint (imitation) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Attica - pretended area (imitation) | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 140 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: 16.2916.29 g <br />16,290 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p.183-184, n°136 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 41HGC 4, n°1602 (imitation of this variety), Thompson 19612Thompson 1961, n°228-265, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p.183-184, n°136 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: most of profile of Apollo, eye, some details of hair and laurel wreath). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MYPINAIΩN (Greek) Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch with two fillets and phiale. At feet, omphalos and amphora. In field, one or more monograms. All within laurel wreath (visible: portions of wreath, figure of Apollo, traces of branch, fillets, and monogram in right field). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Myrina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aeolis | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Sacks 19854Sacks 1985, n°8 | ||
| 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: | "Loosely imitating Thompson, New Style, Issue 24, nos. 228-244 or Issue 25, 247-265." | ||
References
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ Sacks, Kenneth S. (1985), "The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 30, p. 1-43, pl. 1-22.
