3848 - Olbia (AE Helios/horses) over Olbia (Demeter/axe and bowcase) (Roma Numismatics, EA 66, Jan. 2020, 67)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3848

210 BCE - 200 BCE | ΟΛ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 596 - Olbia (AE Helios-Horses) over Olbia.png

Overstruck variety

Olbia Demeter Perseus.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 66 (09/01/2020), lot 67 ; A. H. Baldwin and Sons Ltd. (2004).
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	W. Stancomb collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Helios facing, wearing radiate crown.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΟΛ (Greek) Conjoined foreparts of two horses.

Mint and issuing power

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

Olbia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace (Sarmatia)

Modern countryModern country: Ukraine

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. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 612., SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 418., HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1892

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Demeter and Perseus.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Axe and bow in bowcase.

Mint and issuing power

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

Olbia

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace (Sarmatia)

Modern countryModern country: Ukraine

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:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 606 (same dies)

Additional data

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