SO 511 - Thebes over Elis

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2975

425 BCE - 400 BCE | Θ-E

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Groupe, Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 397.
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Distos Hoard (CH VII, 38).

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Boiotian shield.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Θ-E (Greek) Amphor. In field, grape bunch. All within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thebes

Ancient regionAncient region.

Boeotia

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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 12.312.3 g <br />12,300 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	HGC 4, n°1325	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, n°243-50, HGC 42HGC 4, n°1325
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon 1914.243-50

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle flying left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Elis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus (Elis)

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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..

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an Elis-Olympia stater with eagle flying left on the obverse"

References

^ Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
^ 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.