2108 - Polyrhenium (hemidrachm Dictynna/bull) over Argos (wolf/A) (MacDonald coll., 117)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2108

330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n° 117

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Artemis Diktynna left, wearing triple pendant earring, pearl necklace and with her hair bound up and tied into a sakkos ornamented with stars at the back.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull's head facing, with fillets hanging from its horns

Mint and issuing power

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

Polyrhenium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Crete

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. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 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: 2.292.29 g <br />2,290 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, n° 117	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 278, n° 15, pl. XXVI, n° 4, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 116-117, n° 7, pl. XXVIII, n° 38 and pl. XXIX, n° 1-9 (same dies), MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 117
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/polyrhenium stefanakis 2013 23-31

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Forepart of wolf left. In left field, Δ (visible on obverse: paw and leg).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

A in incuse square with two deeper incuses in upper part. (visible on reverse: large A, P).

Mint and issuing power

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

Argos

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

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. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 54HGC 5, n° 668
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argos.bmc peloponnesos.54-5.71-83

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: