3162 - Pharsalus (drachma Athena/horseman) over uncertain type (CNG, 26, June 1993, 278)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3162


400 BCE - 370 BCE | ΦΑΡΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Historical Coin Review, XIV/6, 11 Dec. 1989, n°30 = Classical Numismatic Auctions,11, 03 May 1990, 55 = Classical Numismatic Group, 26, 11 June 1993, 278 = Triton XVII, 01 Jan. 2014, 199
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : R. A. J. Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with sphinx leaping right, and single-pendant earring. Behind neck guard, TΘ. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΑΡΣ (Greek) Thessalian horseman charging right, wearing petasos, brandishing lagobolon.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Pharsalus Ancient regionAncient region. Thessaly 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.16.1 g <br />6,100 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Lavva 2001, n°144c corr. (V68/R84). Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Lavva 20011Lavva 2001, n°163, HGC 42HGC 4, n°626
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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: strong
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on uncertain type (portions visible on horse)"

References

  1. ^  Lavva, Stella (2001), Die Münzprägung von Pharsalos, Saarbrücken, 254 p., 29 pl.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.