SO 1716 - Uncertain mint in Lycia under Mithrapata over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2619

390 - 370 | ΜΕΘΡΑΠΑΤΑ (in Lycian)

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, NYINC Auction (11/01/2018), no. 21038 ; Triton 18 (06/01/2015), no. 684 ; Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22/05/2002), no. 839 ; Spink 155 (03/10/2001), no. 26
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	P. H. James Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Facing lion scalp.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΜΕΘΡΑΠΑΤΑ (in Lycian) Head of Mithrapata left. In right field, triskeles. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lycia

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Mithrapata (dynast of Lycia from c. 390–370 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 390 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.779.77 g <br />9,770 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 6 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock (4 vols.), Berlin, 1957-1967, no. 4239 (same dies)

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:
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