SO 545 - Histiaea over Aegina?

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3766

400 BCE - 300 BCE | IΣΤI

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

SO 1489 - Aegina (didrachm) over uncertain type.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatik Lanz München, 111, 25 Nov. 2002, 491.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Nymph Histiaia right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

IΣΤI (Greek) Forepart of bull right. In field, kantharos.

Mint and issuing power

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

Histiaea

Ancient regionAncient region.

Euboea

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.192.19 g <br />2,190 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, n° 193-195, BMC Central Greece2BMC Central Greece, n° 19 var. 2,19
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/histiaea.babelon 1914.193-5

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sea turtle.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square with 'mill-sail' device

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Aegina

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. 525 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 475 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG Delepierre3SNG Delepierre, n° 1580-1589, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 429, Meadows (forthcoming)5Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIc.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"This coin is probably overstruck on a bronze of Aegina (see BMC Attica, pl. XXV, 11-14). Traces of the incuse square can be seen on the obverse behind the nymph's head. "