SO 554 - Athens over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3819

99 BCE - 98 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll., n°110

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Owl right and amphora. In field, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ, ΑΓΑΘΙΠΟΣ, ΛΙ and pilei. 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. 99 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 98 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: 16.3116.31 g <br />16,310 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 150, n°110	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Thompson 19611Thompson 1961, n°879-928, HGC 42HGC 4, n°1602
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.thompson 1961.879-928

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Owl on amphora right. In field, Dionysos standing left, holding theater mask and thyrsos, TIMOΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ, ΠΟΣΗΣ. All within oliv wreath.

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. 102 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 101 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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:	Thompson 19611Thompson 1961, n°823-839
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.thompson 1961.823-839

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
^ 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.