SO 506 - Scyros over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3439

500 BCE - 480 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Nomos_84.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Nomos, 8, 22 Oct. 2013, 144 = Nomos, 11, 09 Oct. 2015, 84
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Norman Davis Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two goats back to back, heads turned inwards. Between them, fig leaf.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Central globule surrounded by four smaller ones, two rays and two fig leaves. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Scyros

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thessaly

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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 8.338.33 g <br />8,330 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Balcer 1978, n°13, dies A.7/P.4	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen 171SNG Copenhagen 17, n°732, Balcer 19782Balcer 1978, n°13, dies A.7/P.4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/scyros.balcer 1978.1-24

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 an uncertain earlier issue"