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|Image overstriking coin= | |Image overstriking coin=Elea_Demeter_Cerberus_Triton_185.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=156874 | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=156874 | ||
|Sale= | |Sale=Münzen und Medaillen, Liste 192, Aug. 1959, n°24 = Triton 7, 12 Jan. 2004, n°185 | ||
|Obverse description=Head of | |Obverse description=Head of Demeter facing, turned slightly left, wearing grain wreath. In left field, A. | ||
|Reverse legend=EΛEA | |Reverse legend=EΛEA | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description= | |Reverse description=Cerberus left. Below, A. | ||
|Mint=Elea | |Mint=Elea | ||
|Ancient region=Epirus | |Ancient region=Epirus | ||
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|Coin reference=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=156874 | |Coin reference=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=156874 | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen 3, n°49;Franke 1961, n°7-20; HGC 3.1, n°238 | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen 3, n°49;Franke 1961, n°7-20; HGC 3.1, n°238 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/elea.franke_1961.elea.ii-iv | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin. | |Overstruck reverse description=Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin. | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="overstruck with the head of Herakles visible on the reverse" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:30, 27 May 2024
342 BCE - 338 BCE | EΛEA
Images
Overstriking coin
Elea_Demeter_Cerberus_Triton_185.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Münzen und Medaillen, Liste 192, Aug. 1959, n°24 = Triton 7, 12 Jan. 2004, n°185 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Demeter facing, turned slightly left, wearing grain wreath. In left field, A. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EΛEA (Greek) Cerberus left. Below, A. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Elea | Ancient regionAncient region. | Epirus | 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. 342 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 338 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 7.987.98 g <br />7,980 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=156874 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen 31SNG Copenhagen 3, n°49, Franke 19612Franke 1961, n°7-20, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n°238 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin. |
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: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck with the head of Herakles visible on the reverse" | ||
References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ Franke, Peter Robert (1961), Die antiken Münzen von Epirus. I : Poleis, Stämme und epirotischer Bund bis 27 v. Chr. Katalog und Untersuchungen, Wiesbaden
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
