SO 512 - Thebes over Elis

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3322

425 BCE - 395 BCE | Θ-E

Images

Overstriking coin

Thebes_shield_dionysos.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Groupe, Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 441 = Classical Numismatic Group, 108, 16 May 2018, 131 = Schweizerischer Bankverein, 38, 12 Sept. 1995, 156.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Boiotian shield ornamented with club.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Θ-E (Greek) Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath, 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.. 395 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: 12.1312.13 g <br />12,130 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Babelon 1914, n° 241, HGC 4, n° 1325	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, n° 241, HGC 42HGC 4, n° 1325
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon 1914.241

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 a stater of Elis-Olympia with obverse type eagle flying left, animal in its talons. [...] This coin and lot 397 above may have been part of a consignment of Peloponnesian staters sent north during the war so that they could be converted to Boiotian currency to better serve the military plans of the Allies against Athens. The obverse dies of the undertype could only be Seltman, Temple, BD, BE or BG, all three of them belonging to the plentiful issues struck just before the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. "