2741 - Heracleia Pontica (AE Heracles/table) over Heracleia Pontica (Dionysus/monogram) (Savoca Numismatik, EA 104, May 2021, 79)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2741

200 BCE - 30 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 2163 - Heracleia Pontica over Herakleia Pontika.jpg

Overstruck variety

Heracleia_Pontica_Dionysus_monogram.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Savoca, EA 104, 30 May 2021, 79

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ (Greek) Table draped with lionskin and surmounted by bow and quiver. club on ground before. In left field, ΔI monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Heracleia Pontica

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bithynia

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. 200 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: 2.282.28 g <br />2,280 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1637
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/heracleia pontica.stancomb.2009.type.10

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing lion skin.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ (Greek) Legend and monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Heracleia Pontica

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Bithynia

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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a previous (3rd century BC) issue of the same city: Head of Dionysos right, wearing lion skin / HP[AKΛEΩ]TAN around monogram of ΣA or ΣO"