3389 - Abdera (tetradrachm Sphinx/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (von Aulock, 2251)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3389

520 BCE - 500 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 320 - Abdera over Aegina.jpg

Overstruck variety

Aegina 320.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu, 13, 1975, 244 = Leu HS, 103, 5 May 2005, 128
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Hans von Aulock coll., n° 2251

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Griffin seated right with right forepaw raised.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Abdera

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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: 11.6311.63 g <br />11,630 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

SNG H. von Aulock, n° 2251.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sear I1Sear I, n° 1529, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1126

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Aegina

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Sear I1Sear I, n° 1847-1848
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.1a

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägt auf einen Stater von Aigina"

References

a b Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
^ 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.