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Revision as of 12:31, 1 June 2023
520 BCE - 500 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 320 - Abdera over Aegina.jpg
Overstruck variety
Aegina 320.jpeg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | LHS 103 (05/05/2005), lot 128 ; Leu 13 (1975), lot 244. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | H. von Aulock collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Griffin seated right with right forepaw raised. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Abdera | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace | 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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.6311.63 g <br />11,630 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| StandardStandard.: Abderite | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG H. von Aulock, n° 2251. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, n° 1128 ? |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aegina | 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. 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: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure | |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ 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.
