2285 - Smyrna (AE Apollo/Homer) over Smyrna (uncertain type) (Rauch, 87, Dec. 2010, 137)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2285

75 BCE - 30 BCE | ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Rauch, 87, 8 Dec. 2010, 137 = Herbert Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 988

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.. 30 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: 8.998.99 g <br />8,990 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, n° 1207, Milne 19272Milne 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.:

ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Smyrna

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren"