3410 - Cyzicus (tetradrachm Kore/lion) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 10, June 2018, 156)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3410

390 BCE - 340 BCEΣΩΤΕΙPΑ | KYZIKHNΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Nomos, Obolos EA 10 (30/06/2018), no. 156.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	European collection formed before 2005 (info/ Aneurin Ellis-Evans))

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕΙPΑ (Greek) Head of Kore Soteira left, wearing single-pendant earring, a wreath of grain ears and hair in sphendone covered with a veil.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KYZIKHNΩN (Greek) Head of lion left, with open jaws and protruding tongue. Below, tunny. Behind, kantharos (?).

Mint and issuing power

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

Cyzikus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Mysia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 390 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 14.8814.88 g <br />14,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG von Aulock/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock (4 vols.), Berlin, 1957-1967, no. 7346 var., SNG Paris Mysia2SNG Paris Mysia, no. 403, SNG von Aulock 73463SNG von Aulock 7346

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:

Cyzikus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Mysia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

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:	"Obverse overstruck and turned 90°, reverse with a die break, and with rough surfaces overall"