SO 1465 - Samos over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2401

420 BCE - 415 BCE | ΕΓΙΒΑΤΙΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Samos_over_itself_Barron_97a.png [Barron 1966, Class VIII, pl. XIV, 97a]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds général 3272

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion scalp facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΕΓΙΒΑΤΙΟΣ (Greek) Forepart of ox right. Behind, an oliv branch. Above and to right, ΕΓΙΒΑΤΙΟΣ. All 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 415 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: 12.6412.64 g <br />12,640 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Samian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Barron 1966, class VIII, p. 64-65, pl XIV, n° 97a, Babelon 1907, pl. cl 25., Gardner 45.12, pl. ii 8	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Barron 19661Barron 1966, class VIII, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1191
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/samos barron 1966 class vi tetradrachms

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. 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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Barron 1966 "overstruck, perhaps on itself"

References

^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
^ 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.