3234 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Cavarus) (AE Apollo/Nike) over Mesembria (helmet/shield) (MacDonald coll., 70): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3234

219 BCE - 210 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 454 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Mesembria.jpg

Overstruck variety

Mesembria_helmet_shield.jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

454 Mesembria (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend (Greek) Nike standing left, holding palm and wreath. In field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thrace (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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:

Cavarus (king of Thrace, 219-210 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 219 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 6.116.11 g <br />6,110 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 94, n° 70

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 304 (imitation of this variety)., SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 194-196 (imitation of this variety)., HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1357 (imitation of this variety).

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmet with cheek pieces right (visible: outline of top and back of helmet, part of cheek piece).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ME(TAMB)PIANΩΝ (Greek) Oval shield seen from inside (visible: most of shield).

Mint and issuing power

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

Mesembria

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 229-230, Karayotov 20094Karayotov 2009, pl. I.8.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b 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.
^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 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.
^ Karayotov, Ivan (2009), The coinage of Mesambria. Vol. II. Bronze coins of Mesambria, Burgas.

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO 454 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Mesembria.jpg
 |Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=454 Mesembria (drawing).jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Mesembria_helmet_shield.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2019703&AucID=4816&Lot=4071
 |Private collection=David MacDonald collection
 |Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
@@ Line 7: / Line 9: @@
 |Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Nike standing left, holding palm and wreath. In field, monogram.
-|Mint=Uncertain mint
+|Mint=Thrace (uncertain mint)
 |Ancient region=Thrace
-|Authority=Kavaros (king of Thrace, late 3rd cenury BC)
+|Authority=Cavarus (king of Thrace, 219-210 BCE)
+|Date from=219 BCE
+|Date to=210 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
 |Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=6.11
@@ Line 18: / Line 23: @@
 |Overstruck obverse description=Helmet with cheek pieces right (visible: outline of top and back of helmet, part of cheek piece).
 |Overstruck reverse legend=ME(TAMB)PIANΩΝ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Oval shield seen from inside (visible: most of shield).
 |Overstruck mint=Mesembria
 |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace
+|Overstruck date from=250 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=215 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Coin series reference overstruck=SNG Stancomb, n° 229-230 ; Karayotov 2009, pl. I.8.
+|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
+|Level of confidence=sure
 }}