26428 - Paros (drachm goat/incuse square) over uncertain type (Apparuti-Sternberg, XIX, Nov. 1987, 176)
From SILVER
480 BCE - 470 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Paros_Apparuti-Sternberg_XIX, _18_November_1987, _176.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Apparuti-Sternberg, XIX, 18 Nov. 1987, 176 = Künker, 35, 11 March 1997, 172 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 607 = Nomos, 33, 9 June 2024, 1225 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Collection of Jonathan H. Kagan |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Goat kneeling to left on a pearled ground line, above, small eagle's head to left | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Paros | Ancient regionAncient region. | Cyclades | 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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE | 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: 5.965.96 g <br />5,960 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Sheedy 2006, 60a (O38/R44, this coin) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sheedy 20061Sheedy 2006, 60a (O38/R44, this coin), HGC 62HGC 6, 652 (this coin illustrated) |
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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: | "traces of overstriking on the reverse" | ||
References
- ^ Sheedy, Kenneth A. (2006), The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, viii, 261 p., 20 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.
