SO 1457 - Samos over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2405

499 BCE - 495 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 2008.39.62
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	A. R. A. Tzamalis coll.	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 1644 (Asyut hoard)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion scalp facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of ox right, truncation dotted, within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Samos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

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. 499 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 495 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 13.3213.32 g <br />13,320 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Samian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Asyut, n° 649	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Barron 19661Barron 1966, class I, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1184
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/samos barron 1966 class i

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle (visible on the obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Windmill (marks visible on the reverse)

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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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:	HGC 62HGC 6, n° 429, Meadows (forthcoming)3Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
^ Meadows, Andrew (forthcoming), Greek coinage in the Persian Empire: The Malayer 1934 Hoard (IGCH 1790).