SO 548 - Athens over Athens

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3714

390 BCE - 295 BCE | AΘE

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Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, E-live auction 3, 25 Oct. 2018, 88.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE Owl right. Behind, olive spring and cescent.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region.

Attica

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. 390 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 295 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

, Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 15.115.1 g <br />15,100 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).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5373103	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen 31SNG Copenhagen 3, n°64, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°15, Flament 20073Flament 2007, Pi-style, HGC 44HGC 4, n°1595-1597
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.flament 2007.pi-style

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Owl.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

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..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck. Clear evidence of the overstruck nature of this coin can be seen in the rounded and pointed olive leaves visible above the helmet visor, and the shadow of nose and chin in the obverse right field."