SO 501 - Phalanna over Phalanna

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3158


310 BCE - 300 BCE | ΦΑΛΑΝNAΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
CNG_144.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 90, 23 May 2012, 144

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Ares left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΑΛΑΝNAΙΩΝ (Greek) Horse prancing right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Phalanna Ancient regionAncient region. Thessaly 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. 310 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 4.174.17 g <br />4,170 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1283555 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Edgar Rogers 19321Edgar Rogers 1932, n°457, HGC 42HGC 4, n°172
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Phalanna Ancient regionAncient region.  Thessaly Modern countryModern country: Greece 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.. Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org 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: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on an earlier issue"

References

  1. ^  Rogers, Edgar (1932), The copper coinage of Thessaly, London, iv, 199 p.
  2. ^  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.