3492 - Athens (tetradrachm Athena/owl) over uncertain Hellenistic ruler (Myers, FPL, March 1974, 62)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3492

176 BCE - 142 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Myers FPL, March 1974, n°62.

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 (Greek) Owl right and amphora. In field, monograms. All within oliv wreath.

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. 176 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 142 BCE

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: 16.8216.82 g <br />16,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Bauslaugh 1987, pl. 2, n° 2	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Thompson 19611Thompson 1961, n°177, Bauslaugh 19872Bauslaugh 1987, pl. 2, n° 2, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1602
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.thompson 1961.169bis-183

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:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Portraits of Prusias II (ca. 182-149) and Nikomedes II (149-ca. 127) [...] corresponds both in position and outline to the trace preserved on the Athenian reverse" (nb: not really visible; the shape of the nose on the obverse excludes most of the royal Hellenistic portraits)

References

^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (1987), "Two unpublished overstrikes: new style Athens and Aesillas the Quaestor," American Numismatic Society. Museum notes 32, p. 11-21
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.