SO 1427 - Cyme over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2117


190 BCE - 170 BCE | KY

Images
Overstriking coin
Kyme_Emporium_Artemis.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Emporium (Hamburg) 521, 14 Aug. 2015, 17

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver on shoulder. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KY (Greek) Vase with one handle. Between two branchs of laurel. In field, AΠATOYPIOΣ.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Cyme Ancient regionAncient region. Aeolis 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. 190 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 170 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 WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.83.8 g <br />3,800 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2583072 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Wroth1Wroth, Warwick William (1894), A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. vol XVII : Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos. London n°91, p.113

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: AT ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ Wroth