3554 - Heracleia Pontica (obol Heracles/trophy) over Heracleia Pontica (Hera/bowcase & club) (MacDonald coll., 118)
From SILVER
364 BCE - 352 BCEHPAK
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica overstruck variety.jpg
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Coll. David MacDonald, no. 118 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | HPAK (Greek) Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Trophy of arms. In field, K, bow in bowcase. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Heracleia Pontica | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bithynia | 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. 364 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 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: 0.780.78 g <br />780 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Chian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1593, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 477 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | HPAK (Greek) Head of Heraklea left, wearing d'une couronne de tours. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Goryt and club. In field, letter or symbol. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Heracleia Pontica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bithynia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | obol
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1592, Hoover 20124Hoover 2012, no. 476. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- a b Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ^ Hoover 2012
