3859 - Oiniadae (AE Zeus/Achelous) over uncertain type (Münzen & Medaillen, 17, Oct. 2005, 619)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3859

219 BCE - 211 BCE | OINIAΔΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Oiniadea_Zeus_bull_M&M.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 619

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Below, ΠΡΙ (magistrate name). In field, thunderbolt (?). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

OINIAΔΑΝ (Greek) Head of bull with man face (Achelaos). In field, monogram. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Oiniadae

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. 219 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 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: 5.735.73 g <br />5,730 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien1BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n° 345-352, BMC Central Greece2BMC Central Greece, p. 189-190, n° 6-14, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 899
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.19411

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:

References

^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
^ Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.
^ 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.