SO 507 - Mycalessus over Larissa?
From SILVER
400 BCE - 375 BCE | MY
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 178. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Boiotian shield. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MY (Greek) Thunderbolt in incuse circle. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Mycalessus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Boeotia | 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.. 375 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.031.03 g <br />1,030 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | HGC 4, n°1231 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, n° 14, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°190-191, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1231 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of nymph Larissa facing with flowing hair (visible on reverse : hair). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse trotting ? |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Larissa | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thessaly | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | obol
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Edgar Rogers 19324Edgar Rogers 1932, n° 279-282-3, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°136. | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on uncertain type (possibly Larissa). The reverse of this coin shows signs of being overstruck and the undertype appears to be a head with flowing hair. The most likely candidate would then be one of the very rare early facing head Larissa obols" | ||
References
- ^ Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
- a b SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rogers, Edgar (1932), The copper coinage of Thessaly, London, iv, 199 p.
