21893 - Cydonia (AR Pan/hound) over Rhodes (Helios/rose) (Nomos, 29, Nov. 2023, 789)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 180 BCE | ΚΥ
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Nomos, 29, 5 Nov. 2023, 789 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, acquired in early 1989. |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of youthful Pan to left, with animal ear and horn over his brow | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΚΥ (Greek) Hound seated to right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cydonia | 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. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.451.45 g <br />1,450 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: trihemiobol
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1313 mm <br />1.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 18, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Radiate head of Helios facing slightly righ | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Name of moneyer (Greek) Rose with bud to right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rhodes | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Caria (islands) | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Rhodian power |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | hemidrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Ashton 2002c3Ashton 2002c, n° 197-8, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1447 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a contemporary issue from Rhodes" | ||
