200 BCE - 50 BCE | Π - A / P - I
Overstriking coin
SO 2260 - Parion over uncertain mint (Agora, 7 May 2019, 23).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Agora, 85, 7 May 2019, 23
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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The Great Altar of Parion, horns at corners, garlanded and decorated with bucranium
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Π - A / P - I (Greek) Letters of ethnic around lyre, thyrsos beneath
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Parium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Mysia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.258.25 g <br />8,250 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.522.5 mm <br />2.25 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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exceptional
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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uncertain
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"overstruck on earlier type (BMC 40?), dark olive patina. Does not seem to be published in standard references"
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