520 BCE - 480 BCEΜΙΝΔΑΙΟΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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New York, American Numismatic Society (SNG ANS, 293)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΜΙΝΔΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Ithyphallic donkey walking right, with crow to the left pecking on rump. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Mende
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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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: 16.5216.52 g <br />16,520 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° 12, SNG ANS 7 Macedonia I, n° 293
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Noe 19261Noe 1926, n° 2-4, SNG ANS 7 Macedonia I2SNG ANS 7 Macedonia I, n° 293, Tselekas 20023Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° 12, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 540
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Lion left clinging with tooth and claw on the hindquarters of a bull kneeling right with head raised and looking forwards. In exergue, floral ornament. Border of dots (visible: outline of upper part of scene from hindquarters to horn of bull).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Incuse square.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Acanthus
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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Archaic until 480 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:
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tetradrachm
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References
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1926), The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, The American Numismatic Society, New York, 73 p., 10 pl.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 7. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 1. Cities, Thraco-Macedonian tribes, Paeonian, New York
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (2002), "Late archaic overstruck staters in the Chalkidike", Nomismatika Chronika 21, p. 30-40.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ Desneux, Jules (1949), "Les tétradrachmes d’Akanthos", Revue Belge de Numismatique, 95, p. 5-122, pl. 1-38.
- ^ Tselekas, Panagiotis (1996), The Coinage of Acanthus, Oxford, St Cross College, DPhil, 350 p., 7 maps, 53 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
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