SO 549 - Athens over uncertain mint
From SILVER
224 BCE - 198 BCE | AΘE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ritter, 14 Nov. 2016 = Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, 423, 07 Nov. 2018, n°57 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘE (Greek) Owl stg. three-quarters r., facing, wings lifted, at r., amphora. |
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. 224 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.695.69 g <br />5,690 mg <br /> | ||
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5414775 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 24, n°10-17, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, 69-70, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1700 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Pan erecting trophy. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 277 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 239 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG Copenhagen 34SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1205, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°507, HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 1049, Panagopoulou 20206Panagopoulou 2020, 9.8.3 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Überprägt auf eine Münze des Antigonos Gonatas (vgl. Kroll 1993.50). Das Bein des Satyrs, der ein Tropaion schmückt, ist unterhalb des Halses der Athena noch zu erkennen." | ||
