17859 - Olbia (drachm Heracles/axe and bowcase) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 71, May 2020, 84)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17859

220 BCE - 210 BCE | ΟΛBIO

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 71, 28 May 2020, lot 84 = Spink & Son Ltd., 1984.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	W. Stancomb coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of beardless Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΟΛBIO (Greek) Axe and bow in gorytos, [KP]I to left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Olbia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace (Sarmatia)

Modern countryModern country: Ukraine

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.. 210 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 3.323.32 g <br />3,320 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	SNG Stancomb, n° 408	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 20111Anokhin 2011, n° 440-442, SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 408, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1865
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/olbia city.anokhin.2011.440-2

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. ^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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck"

References

^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (2011), Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region : catalog, Kiev, Izdatelʹskiĭ dom "Stilos", p. 326.
^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
^ 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.