SO 271 - Uncertain mint imitating Athens over Myrina

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3839

160 BCE - 52 BCE | AΘΕ

Images

Overstriking coin

Athenian_imitation_DMD_138.jpg [MacDonald 2009, p.185]

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n°138

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘΕ (Greek) Owl perched on amphora. In field, Σ (?) and monogram. All within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens - pretended mint (imitation)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Attica - pretended area (imitation)

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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 52 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1116.11 g <br />16,110 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p.185, n°138	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 41HGC 4, n°1602 (imitation of this variety), Thompson 19612Thompson 1961, n°228-265, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p.185, n°138
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.thompson 1961.247-265

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: Apollo's eye, traces of hair, nose).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MYPINAIΩN (Greek) Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch with two fillets and phiale. At feet, omphalos and amphora. In field, one or more monograms. All within laurel wreath (visible: portions of wreath, mots of figure of Apollo, traces of omphalos).

Mint and issuing power

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

Myrina

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Aeolis

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Sacks 19854Sacks 1985, n°8
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/myrina aeolis sacks 1985 8

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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