SO 405 - Uncertain mint imitating Thasos over Athens
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Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Boljarino Hoard (IGCH 975), inv. 2281. |
Overstriking coin
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.: | Thasos - pretended mint (imitation) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace - pretended area or imitation from Thrace? | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.216.2 g <br />16,200 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Fr. de Callataÿ and I. Prokopov, "The Boljarino Hoard (IGCH 975 - Near Plovdiv)", RBN 141 (1995), p. 7, n° 15, pl. 2. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 358-360 (imitation of this variety) |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΘΕ Owl standing on amphora. In field, MIKIΩΝ-EΥΡΙΚΛΕ. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm 
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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: | |||
References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
