1963 - Ephesus (cistophoric tetradrachm cista/bowcase) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (New York, ANS)
From SILVER
150 BCE - 140 BCE | ΕΦΕ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake issues to left, all within ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΕΦΕ (Greek) Two snakes surrounding an ornamented bow case, strap right, containing strung bow. To upper left, star. To right, laurel branch from which hangs long fillet terminating in large ornemental tassel |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ephesus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | 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: | Attalid Kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 140 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.1112.11 g <br />12,110 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophoric tetradrachm | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Cistophoric | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Kleiner 1972, pl. XV, 7 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Kleiner 19721Kleiner 1972, pl. XV, 7, Kleiner - Noe 19772Kleiner - Noe 1977, series 27, Carbone 20203Carbone 2020 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy leaf | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΗΕΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Heracles standing to front, nude, head left, holding lion skin and club. In left field, letter or monogram |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thasos | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 140 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 64HGC 6, n° 358 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Kleiner, Fred S. (1972), "The dated Cistophori of Ephesus," American Numismatic Society. Museum notes, 18, p. 17-32.
- ^ Kleiner, Fred S. - Noe, Sydney P. (1977), The early Cistophoric coinage, Numismatic Studies 14, New York, 129 p., 38 pl.
- ^ Carbone, Lucia Francesca (2020), Hidden Power. Late Cistophoric Production and the Organization of Provincia Asia (128-89 BC), Numismatic Studies 42, New York, 266 p., 140 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
