SO 485 - Oiniadae over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3859


219 BCE - 211 BCE | OINIAΔΑΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Oiniadea_Zeus_bull_M&M.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen und Medaillen 17, 4 Oct. 2005, n°619.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Below, ΠΡΙ (magistrate name). In field, thunderbolt (?). Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: OINIAΔΑΝ (Greek) Head of bull with man face (Achelaos). In field, monogram. Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Oiniadae Ancient regionAncient region. Acarnania 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. 219 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org 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: 5.735.73 g <br />5,730 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien1BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n° 345-352, BMC Central Greece2BMC Central Greece, p. 189-190, n° 6-14, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 899.
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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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
  2. ^  Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.