SO 737 - Sermyle over Acanthus

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2918

480 BCE - 470 BCEΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Alpha Bank, 4226.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ (Greek) Horseman galloping right, brandishing spear in raised hand. In field, pellet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Sermyle

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.7813.78 g <br />13,780 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° B9.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 661

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion left clinging with tooth and claw on the hindquarters of a bull kneeling right with head raised and looking forwards. In exergue, floral ornament. Border of dots (visible: hindquarters of bull, head of lion).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (visible: external corners of triangles).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Acanthus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

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. 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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.