SO 740 - Terone over Acanthus

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3604

490 BCE - 480 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Numismatic Fine Arts, California, 32 (10/06/1993), lot 35 ; Superior Stamp and Coin, California, (1-2/12/1990), lot 1969; Superior Stamp and Coin, California, (30/05/1990), lot 6776.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Amphora with bunches of grapes. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Terone

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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 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: 16.6616.66 g <br />16,660 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° A1., HGC 3.1, n° 706

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 114, n° 3

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 down and looking forwards. Border of dots (visible: head ans neck of lion, hindquarters of bull, part of dotted circle).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Quadripartite incuse square (visible: traces of outline).

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:
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