4074 - Cyzicus (AE prow/bucranium) over Cyzicus (Kore/bull) (Savoca, EA 133, May 2022, 53)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 200 BCE | KYZI
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Numismatik, Online Auction 133, 15 May 2022, lot 53. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Prow of ship right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KYZI (Greek) Bucranium in oak wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cyzicus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Mysia | 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. 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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.4215.42 g <br />15,420 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2012374&AucID=4777&Lot=53 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Fritze 19171Fritze 1917, no. 11, SNG Paris Mysia2SNG Paris Mysia, no. 438, SNG von Aulock Mysien3SNG von Aulock Mysien, no. 1231 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Kore Soteira right, wearing earring and necklace, wreath of grain ears | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KYZI (Greek) Bull left, butting. Below, monogram, or monogram and symbol, or two symbols |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Cyzicus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Mysia | 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.. | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Fritze 19171Fritze 1917, no. 10, SNG Paris Mysia2SNG Paris Mysia, no. 436 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an earlier issue from Kyzikos (SNG Paris 436)" | ||
