3184 - Pergamum (AE Athena/trophy) over Pergamum (Asclepius/snake) (Grün, 64, Nov. 2014, 750)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3184


133 BCE - 67 BCE | ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 80 - Pergamum over Pergamum.jpg
Overstruck variety
Pergamum Asklepios Omphalos.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 750.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : P. R. Franke collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY (Greek) Trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Pergamum Ancient regionAncient region. Mysia 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. 133 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 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
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Chameroy 2016, p. 115, fig. 3 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Chameroy 20161Chameroy 2016

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Asklepios right, wearing a laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Raised snake on omphalos.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Pergamum Ancient regionAncient region.  Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 133 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Chameroy, Jérémie (2016), "Manipulating Late Hellenistic Coinage: Some Overstrikes and Countermarks on Bronze Coins of Pergamum," Chiron, 46, p. 85-118.