SO 574 - Athens over Athens

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3181


224 BCE - 198 BCE | AΘE

Images
Overstriking coin
73e.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref 69 70.png [2]
Location/history
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: Athenian Agora, T-1668

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle. In field, aplastron.
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.554.55 g <br />4,550 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kleiner 1975, p. 321, pl. 75, n°302, Kroll 1993, n°73e Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 104, n°14, 19, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°72-4, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1701

Overstruck type

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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type 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
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: sure
RemarksRemarks: "All or most overstruck on Owl three-quarters r. (69 or 70). The helmet of the undertype is especially clear on 73a and b."

References

  1. a b  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1923-1926), Les monnaies d'Athenes, Munich, F. Bruckmann, xix + 114 p. and 39 pl.
  2. a b  Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
  3. a b  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.