3520 - Olbia (AE Helios/horses) over uncertain type (M&M, 15, Oct. 2004, 8)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3520

250 BCE - 225 BCE | ΟΛ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 597 - Olbia (AE Helios-Horses) over Olbia.png [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen, 15, 21 Oct. 2004, 8

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Helios facing, wearing radiate crown.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΟΛ (Greek) Conjoined foreparts of two horses.

Mint and issuing power

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

Olbia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace (Sarmatia)

Modern countryModern country: Ukraine

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 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: 6.376.37 g <br />6,370 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	HGC 3.2, n° 1892	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 20111Anokhin 2011, n° 449, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 610-612, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, n° 418, HGC 3.24HGC 3.2, n° 1892
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/olbia city.anokhin.2011.449

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"überprägt auf eine frühere Lokalemission"

References

^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (2011), Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region : catalog, Kiev, Izdatelʹskiĭ dom "Stilos", p. 326.
^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.