2178 - Chios (AE - Sphinx/amphora) over Chios (Sphinx/two bands) (Heritage Auctions, 231749, Dec. 2017, 61050)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2178

290 BCE - 270 BCE | ΧΙΟΣ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage Auctions 231749, 7 Dec. 2017, lot 61050

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sphinx seated left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΧΙΟΣ (Greek) Amphora. In right field, ΧΙΡΩΝ (magistrate name).

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

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. 290 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.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.453.45 g <br />3,450 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, n° 1626, Hardwick 19912Hardwick 1991, p. 286-287, n°13, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1149
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios lagos 1998 16

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sphinx seated left, left forepaw raised, to right, grape bunch

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Greek) Vine-wreath encircling two bands placed crosswise, one inscribed with the name of the city, the other with magistrate's name

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Ionia (islands)

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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Sear II4Sear II, n° 4611, Hardwick 19912Hardwick 1991, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1143
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios hardwick 1991 bronze 350-332

Additional data

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