SO 586 - Athens over Athens
From SILVER
42 BCE - 39 BCE | AΘE
Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Athenian Agora, N-663 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘE (Greek) Tripod between poppy and thunderbolt. |
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. 42 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 39 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.2610.26 g <br />10,260 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Kroll 1993, n°138d. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 8, n°1-7, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°138, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1698 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena Parthenos r., wearing ornamented Attic helmet, border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘE (Greek) Owl stg. r., facing, on horizontal amphora, all in olive 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. 86 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°115 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on heavy Owl-on-amphora AE 1" | ||
References
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1923-1926), Les monnaies d'Athenes, Munich, F. Bruckmann, xix + 114 p. and 39 pl.
- a b Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 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.
