SO 1482 - Rhodes over uncertain mint

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2318


230 BCE - 205 BCE | ΡΟΔΙOΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Rhodes_Lanz_205.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Lanz 132, 27 Nov. 2006, n° 205

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Helios facing three-quarters right, wearing radiate wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΡΟΔΙOΝ (Greek) Rose with bud. In left field, aplastron. Below, ΑΜΕΙΝΙΑΣ (magistrate name). Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rhodes Ancient regionAncient region. Caria (Rhodes) Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 230 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 205 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.5113.51 g <br />13,510 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Rhodian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: SNG Keckman, n° 542 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG von Aulock Karien1SNG von Aulock Karien, n° 2799 var., SNG Keckman2SNG Keckman, n° 542, Ashton 20013Ashton 2001, n° 212-6, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1432.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : 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: "überprägungsspuren"

References

  1. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Karien. 7 Heft (n° 2334-2867), Berlin, 1962.
  2. ^  Ashton, Richard and Westermark, Ulla (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia,
  3. ^  Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
  4. ^  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.