SO 1487 - Rhodes over uncertain mint
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31 BCE - 60 CE | ΡΟΔΙΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | M & M 13, 09 Oct. 2003, n° 470 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy and radiate wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΡΟΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Nike on prow right, holding palm and aphlastron. In field, ΕΠΙ ΔΑΜΑΡΑΤΟΥ (magistrate name). |
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. 31 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 CE | Roman from 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: 24.9424.94 g <br />24,940 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG Keckman, n° 760 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Caria1BMC Caria, n° 264, RPC I2RPC I, n° 2751, SNG Keckman3SNG Keckman, n° 760 |
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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 auf Rv" | ||
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.
- ^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
- ^ Ashton, Richard and Westermark, Ulla (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland, The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki, Part 1: Karia,
