SO 379 - Samothrace over uncertain mint
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200 BCE - 30 BCE | ΣΑΜΟ
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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Christomanos collection n° 110 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΑΜΟ (Greek) Kybele seated left on throne, holding patera and sceptre. In right field, ΠΥΘΟ (magistrate name). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Samothrace | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace | 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: | Pythes (magistrate) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.225.22 g <br />5,220 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 Grèce III Part 1, n° 110 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 999, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 322 |
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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References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals
- ^ 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.
