16852 - Byzantium - Chalcedon (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, 39)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 16852


220 BCE - 180 BCEWreathed and veiled head of Demeter right | KAΛXA, BYZAN

Images
Overstriking coin
2386 - Byzantium over uncertain type.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : CNG, EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, 39

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAΛXA, BYZAN (Greek) Poseidon seated right, holding aphlaston and trident
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Byzantium Ancient regionAncient region. Thrace Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.6010.6 g <br />10,600 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Schönert-Geiss 19701Schönert-Geiss 1970, n° 1276–82, Turkoglu 20142Turkoglu 2014, n° A2a, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1428

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on uncertain issue" (nb: league coinage of Byzantium and Chalcedon)

References

  1. ^  Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1970), Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Teil 1: Autonome Zeit, Berlin.
  2. ^  Turkoglu, Inci (2014), "Civic coinage of Calchedon" in: Kayhan Dortluk, Oğuz Tekin, Remziye Boyraz Seyhan (eds.), Bildiriler Proceedings : First international congress of the Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics, 25-28 febr. 2013, Antalya, Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilizations, Istanbul, p. 589-606.
  3. ^  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.