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|Sale=Heritage Auctions 231749 (07/12/2017), no. 61050
|Image overstriking coin=Chios SO 1455.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Chios SO 1454 (overstruck).jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios_hardwick_1991_bronze_350-332
|Sale=Heritage Auctions 231749, 7 Dec. 2017, lot 61050
|Obverse description=Sphinx seated left
|Obverse description=Sphinx seated left
|Reverse legend=ΧΙΟΣ
|Reverse legend=ΧΙΟΣ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Amphora. In right field, ΧΙΡΩΝ (magistrate name).
|Reverse description=Amphora. In right field, ΧΙΡΩΝ (magistrate name).
|Mint=Chios
|Mint=Chios
|Ancient region=Ionia
|Ancient region=Ionia
|Date from=334
|Date from=290 BCE
|Date to=190
|Date to=270 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=3.45
|Weight=3.45
|Diameter=18
|Diameter=18
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 1626 ;Hardwick, p. 286-287, no. 13;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 1149
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, n° 1626 ; Hardwick 1991, p. 286-287, n°13; HGC 6, n° 1149
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible on obverse: wreath and countermark)
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios_lagos_1998_16
|Overstruck obverse description=Sphinx seated left, left forepaw raised; to right, grape bunch
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Vine-wreath encircling two bands placed crosswise, one inscribed with the name of the city, the other with magistrate's name
|Overstruck mint=Chios
|Overstruck ancient region=Ionia (islands)
|Overstruck date from=350 BCE
|Overstruck date to=332 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Coin series reference overstruck=Sear II, n° 4611; Hardwick 1991; HGC 6, n° 1143
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios_hardwick_1991_bronze_350-332
}}
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Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 2178


290 BCE - 270 BCE | ΧΙΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Chios SO 1455.jpg
Overstruck variety
Chios SO 1454 (overstruck).jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: Heritage Auctions 231749, 7 Dec. 2017, lot 61050

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Sphinx seated left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΧΙΟΣ (Greek) Amphora. In right field, ΧΙΡΩΝ (magistrate name).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Chios Ancient regionAncient region. Ionia 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. 290 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.453.45 g <br />3,450 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen Ionia 31SNG Copenhagen Ionia 3, n° 1626, Hardwick 19912Hardwick 1991, p. 286-287, n°13, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1149
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Sphinx seated left, left forepaw raised, to right, grape bunch ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (Greek) Vine-wreath encircling two bands placed crosswise, one inscribed with the name of the city, the other with magistrate's name
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: Chios Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ Ionia (islands) 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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Sear II4Sear II, n° 4611, Hardwick 19912Hardwick 1991, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1143
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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