SO 1487 - Rhodes over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3138

31 BCE - 60 CE | ΡΟΔΙΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2751

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,