SO 554 - Athens over uncertain mint
From SILVER
99 BCE - 98 BCE | AΘE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | MacDonald coll., n°110 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘE (Greek) Owl right and amphora. In field, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ, ΑΓΑΘΙΠΟΣ, ΛΙ and pilei. All within oliv wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. | Attica | 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. 99 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 98 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: 16.3116.31 g <br />16,310 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 150, n°110 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Thompson 19611Thompson 1961, n°879-928, HGC 42HGC 4, n°1602 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet. Border of dots | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘE (Greek) Owl on amphora right. In field, Dionysos standing left, holding theater mask and thyrsos, TIMOΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ, ΠΟΣΗΣ. All within oliv wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | 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. 102 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 101 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Thompson 19611Thompson 1961, n°823-839 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- a b Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
- ^ 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.
