SO 556 - Athens over uncertain mint
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261 BCE - 229 BCEAΘΕ | EΛEYΣI
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Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | AΘΕ (Greek) Piglet right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EΛEYΣI (Greek) Mystic staff. |
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. 261 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 229 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: 1.491.49 g <br />1,490 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Thompson 1942, p. 222, pl. I:5, Kroll 1993, n°63, HGC 4, n°1771 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Thompson 19421Thompson 1942, p. 222, pl. I:5, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°63, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1771 |
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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
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Both specimens are overstrikes, as seen from the broken relief of their upright mystic staffs" | ||
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret, (1942), "Coins for the Eleusinia", Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Vol. 11, N°3, p.18, pl.1.
- ^ Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
- ^ 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.
