3115 - Athens (AE Athena/owl) over Sicyon (Apollo/dove) (MacDonald coll., 112)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3115

80 BCE - 42 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald coll., n°112

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Owl three-quarters right on prow, head facing.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region.

Attica

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. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 42 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: 4.054.05 g <br />4,050 mg <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 152-153, n°112	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Kroll 19931Kroll 1993, n°115-126
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.115-26

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo, right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AIN (Greek) dove in flight, left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicyon

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus (Sicyonia)

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. 100 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Attica2BMC Attica, p. 92, n°669-670, Warren 19843Warren 1984, Group 12, Kroll 19931Kroll 1993, n°727.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sicyon.warren 1983.group 12

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Shortly after Actium and the restoration of peace, Athens struck several very large bronze issues, and among them a small proportion of one variety was overstruck on a single variety of Sicyonian bronze, which had been issued at least half a century earlier. [...] Kroll has suggested that the government of Athens might have acquired a group of this specific variety [...] and long retained them before overstriking"

References

a b Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
^ Head, V. Barclay (1888), British Museum. A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. VII : Attica - Megaris - Aegina, London, lxix, p.174 pl., 25.
^ Warren, Jennifer A. W. (1984), "The autonomous bronze coinage of Sicyon (part 2)", The Numismatic Chronicle,144, p.1-24, pl. 1-3.