SO 581 - Athens over Athens

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3037

198 BCE - 197 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstruck variety

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, ΠΠ-594

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Amphora. In field, owl. All within olive 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. 198 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 197 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			AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kroll 1993, n°76f (no illustration)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 25, n°15-21, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°76, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1702
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.76

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. ^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. 224 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.69-70

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Owl three-quarters r. (69, 70)"

References

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