SO 1485 - Rhodes over uncertain mint
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40 BCE - 25 BCE | ΡΟ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lanz 131, 27 Nov. 2006, n° 713 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Helios right, wearing radiate wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΡΟ (Greek) Rose top view. Around, ΕΠΙΤΥΧΗΣ (magistrate name) and caduceus. 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. 40 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 25 BCE | 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: 3.963.96 g <br />3,960 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG Keckman, n° 748 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Caria1BMC Caria, n° 346, SNG von Aulock Karien2SNG von Aulock Karien, n° 2841, SNG Keckman3SNG Keckman, n° 748, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1470. |
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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: | "überprägungsspuren" | ||
References
- ^ Head, V. Barclay (1897), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XV : Caria, Cos, Rhodes, etc., London, The Trustees, p. 325, pl. XLV.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Karien. 7 Heft (n° 2334-2867), Berlin, 1962.
- ^ Ashton, Richard and Westermark, Ulla (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia,
- ^ 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.
