2011 - Smyrna (AE Apollo/Homer) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 217, Aug. 2009, 116)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2011

75 BCE - 50 BCE | ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Smyrna_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _EA_217, _26_August_2009, _116.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 217, 26 August 2009, 116 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 280, 6 June 2012, 51

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. All within laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Homer seated left, holding stick.

Mint and issuing power

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

Smyrna

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 75 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.587.58 g <br />7,580 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Milne 19271Milne 1927
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/smyrna milne 1928 xvii j

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain type"