SO 575 - Athens over Athens

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3421


210 BCE - 198 BCE | AΘE

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Traces of the overstruck variety
OV_111.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : MacDonald coll. n°111

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle.
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. 210 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: 6.286.28 g <br />6,280 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol Nomisma.org 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: MacDonald 2009, p. 151-152, n°111 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, p. 104, n°14, 19., HGC 42HGC 4, n°1701

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Owl standing three-quarters facing.
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 : Kroll 19933Kroll 1993, n°69-70
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: "Visible : back crest of helmet"

References

  1. ^  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.