SO 556 - Athens over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3823

261 BCE - 229 BCEAΘΕ | EΛEYΣI

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, X-115

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.63

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:

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.