3344 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 2492)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3344

250 BCE - 240 BCE | monogram (EΠ)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 8 - Epidaurus over Phlius.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 6 - Epidaurus over Phlius overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg [LHS Numismatik AG - Auction 102, 29 Apr. 2008, Lot 205]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 81 (20/05/2009), no. 2492.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	BCD collection (not in the sale)	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	1979/80 Epidaurus Hoard (CH VII, 69)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath. In field, E.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

monogram (EΠ) (Greek) Monogram within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Epidaurus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Peloponnesus

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 2.822.82 g <br />2,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Requier 1993, series 2, dies D1/R1, 172	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	LHS 96 20061LHS 96 2006, no. 1237-1239 (same dies) and 1241, HGC 52HGC 5, n° 724
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/epidaurus.requier 1993.hemidrachm serie 1-2e

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bull butting to left, head lowered and turned to face the viewer

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Φ (Greek) Φ within ivy wreath with four inner leaves, and rosette of nine berries above

Mint and issuing power

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

Phlius

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

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. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	LHS 96 20061LHS 96 2006, no. 132ff
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phlius.bmc peloponnesos.18-22?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a hemidrachm of Phlious"

References

a b LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.