SO 476 - Athamanes over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3615


168 BCE - 146 BCE | AΘΑΜΑΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Athamanes_Dione_Athéna.jpg [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : R. E. White Fund, n°2004.6.544

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dione right, wearing stephane. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘΑΜΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Athena standing left, holding owl in extended right hand, spear in left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Athamanes Ancient regionAncient region. Epirus (Athamania) 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. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 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.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.653.65 g <br />3,650 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/107751#technical-metadata Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n°186

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: weak
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a coin of Philip V or Perseus."

References

  1. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.