3481 - Mende (tetradrachm Dionysus on donkey/disk) over uncertain type (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 69, May 2012, 3046)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3481

424 BCE - 422 BCE | MENΔΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ira & Lart Goldberg 69 (29/05/2012), lot 3046.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Dionysos reclining left on back of donkey advancing right, holding kantharos.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MENΔΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Disk with sixteen-rayed star, in each corner, a grape cluster flanked by trefoils, all within a thick linear square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Mende

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

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. 424 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 422 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9516.95 g <br />16,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Noe 19261Noe 1926, Group III (cf. 86 for probably this obverse die), SNG ANS 7 Macedonia I2SNG ANS 7 Macedonia I, n° 348, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 550

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck on an earlier coin

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1926), The Mende (Kaliandra) Hoard, The American Numismatic Society, New York, 73 p., 10 pl.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 7. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 1. Cities, Thraco-Macedonian tribes, Paeonian, New York
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.