SO 478 - Elea over uncertain mint
From SILVER
342 BCE - 338 BCE | EΛEA
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Münzen und Medaillen, Liste 192, Aug. 1959, n°24 = Triton 7, 12 Jan. 2004, n°185 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Demeter facing, turned slightly left, wearing grain wreath. In left field, A. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EΛEA (Greek) Cerberus left. Below, A. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Elea | Ancient regionAncient region. | Epirus | 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. 342 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 338 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.987.98 g <br />7,980 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=156874 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen 31SNG Copenhagen 3, n°49, Franke 19612Franke 1961, n°7-20, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n°238 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin. |
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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck with the head of Herakles visible on the reverse" | ||
References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ Franke, Peter Robert (1961), Die antiken Münzen von Epirus. I : Poleis, Stämme und epirotischer Bund bis 27 v. Chr. Katalog und Untersuchungen, Wiesbaden
- ^ 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.
