16955 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 25, March 2023, 288)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16955

139 BCE - 100 BCE | [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ / ΕΠΙ ΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ / ΕΤΟΥΣ ΛΗ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik AG, EA 25, March 11, 2023, lot 288

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed and draped bust of Mostis to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

[Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ / ΕΠΙ ΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ / ΕΤΟΥΣ ΛΗ (Greek) Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion, in inner left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 139 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 15.8615.86 g <br />15,860 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n ° 309 var. (same obverse die, but differing reverse monogram), Peykov 20112Peykov 2011, n° C4500, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1727

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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:	Traces of overstriking and the obverse somewhat weak.

References

^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ Peykov, Alexander (2011), Catalogue of the coins from Thrace. Part I, Tribal and rulers' coinages of Thracians, Paeonians, Celts and Scythians, Veliko Tŭrnovo, Centrex, p. 176.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.