SO 272 - Uncertain mint imitating Athens over Myrina

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3824


160 BCE - 52 BCE | AΘΕ / AMΔΙΟ / Ι

Images
Overstriking coin
Athenian_imitation_DMD_139.jpg [MacDonald 2009, p. 185-6]
Overstruck variety
Myrina Apollon Sack 8.png aeolis sacks 1985 8
Traces of the overstruck variety
Myrina_Apollon_Sack_8_drawing_DMD_139.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D. MacDonald collection, n°139

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.: AΘΕ / AMΔΙΟ / Ι (Greek) Owl perched on amphora. In field, 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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 52 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2516.25 g <br />16,250 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: ΜacDonald 2009, p.185-186, n°139 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 41HGC 4, n°1602 (imitation of this variety), Thompson 19612Thompson 1961, n°228-265, ΜacDonald 20093ΜacDonald 2009, p.185-186, n°139
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: portion of Apollo's hair, traces of laurel wreath, nose). 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: traces of wreath, top of Apollo's head, lower edge of garment and feet, branch and fillets).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Myrina Ancient regionAncient region.  Aeolis Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : 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:

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
  3. ^ ΜacDonald 2009 
  4. ^  Sacks, Kenneth S. (1985), "The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 30, p. 1-43, pl. 1-22.