SO 476 - Athamanes over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3615

168 BCE - 146 BCE | AΘΑΜΑΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Athamanes_Dione_Athéna.jpg [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	R. E. White Fund, n°2004.6.544

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dione right, wearing stephane.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘΑΜΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Athena standing left, holding owl in extended right hand, spear in left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athamanes

Ancient regionAncient region.

Epirus (Athamania)

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. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 3.653.65 g <br />3,650 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/107751#technical-metadata

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n°186

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a coin of Philip V or Perseus."

References

^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.