SO 731 - Mende over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3837

520 BCE - 480 BCEΜΙΝΔΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΜΙΝΔΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Ithyphallic donkey walking right, with crow to the left pecking on rump. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Mende

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5216.52 g <br />16,520 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° 12., SNG ANS, n° 293.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19261Noe 1926, n° 2-4, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 540
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mende.noe 1926.2-4.5-16

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1926), The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, The American Numismatic Society, New York, 73 p., 10 pl.
^ 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.