SO 551 - Athens over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3853

164 - 52 | AΘE

Images

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Numismatic Museum.	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Hess (03/1918), no. 480; Merzbacher (11/1909), no. 2934; Stack's, Sobernheim, no. 385; Stack's (South), no. 609.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Giesecke collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE Owl right and amphora. In field, monograms and pilei. All within oliv wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region.

Attica

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. 164 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 52

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6816.68 g <br />16,680 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

M. Thompson, The new style silver coinage of Athens, New York, 1961, no. 61a.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece. Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. Sixth to Fisrt Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4, Lancaster-London, 2014, no. no. 1602

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

Macedon

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)?

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

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: