3717 - Anactorium (AE Apollo/cithara) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 276, March 2012, 131)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3717

300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΑΝΑΚΤΟΡΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

CNG_108.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 276, 21 March 2012, 131 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 353, 17 June 2015, 108.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. In field, ΛΥΣΙ (? - magistrate name).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΝΑΚΤΟΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Kithara. In field, thymiaterion.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Anactorium

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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.636.63 g <br />6,630 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien1BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°119-122.1-2, BMC Thessaly2BMC Thessaly, p. 171, n°3, HGC 43HGC 4, n°778
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/anactorium.bmc.3

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on an uncertain issue"

References

^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
^ Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
^ 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.