SO 480 - Alyz(e)ia over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3707


400 BCE - 300 BCE | AΛΥZAΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, L 2306

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΛΥZAΙΩΝ (Greek) Bow, club and quiver.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Alyz(e)ia Ancient regionAncient region. Acarnania 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org, 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: 6.856.85 g <br />6,850 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p.61-77, n°3. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 4, Part 2, n° 56-8
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Apollo head r. wearing taenia. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Young male rider r. on prancing horse r.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Macedonian kingdom, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : [[3]]2https://numismatics.org/collection/2002.46.609?lang=fr
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. ^ https://numismatics.org/collection/2002.46.609?lang=fr