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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2668

482 BCE - 439 BCE

Images

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds général 3230

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion scalp facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of ox right within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Samos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 482 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 439 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.712.7 g <br />12,700 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.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Samian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Babelon 1901, p. 461, pl. XI, n° 28, Barron 1966, class II, p. 50, pl. VIII, n°12	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Barron 19661Barron 1966, class II, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1185
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/samos barron 1966 class i

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Union Jack (visible on reverse: 'small skew')

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. 470 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

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:	HGC 62HGC 6, n° 429, Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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 |Museum collection=Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds général 3230
 |Obverse description=Lion scalp facing.
-|Reverse legend=ΣΑ
 |Reverse description=Head of ox right within incuse square.
 |Mint=Samos
 |Ancient region=Ionia
-|Date from=482
+|Date from=482 BCE
-|Date to=439
+|Date to=439 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=12.7
-|Axis=3 h
+|Axis=3
 |Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Samian
-|Coin reference=J. P. Barron, The Silver Coins of Samos, London, 1966, class II, no. 12 (p. 50, pl. VIII). ; Babelon, Traité des monnaies, 461, pl. xi, 28
+|Coin reference=Babelon 1901, p. 461, pl. XI, n° 28; Barron 1966, class II, p. 50, pl. VIII, n°12
-|Coin series reference= J. P. Barron, The Silver Coins of Samos, London, 1966, class II;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 1185
+|Coin series reference=Barron 1966, class II; HGC 6, n° 1185
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/samos barron 1966 class i
 |Overstruck obverse description=Turtle
-|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible on reverse: 'small skew')
+|Overstruck reverse description=Union Jack (visible on reverse: 'small skew')
 |Overstruck mint=Aegina
 |Overstruck ancient region=Aegina
+|Overstruck date from=470 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=450 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 6, n° 429, Meadows (forthcoming), Groups IIa-IIb
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.meadows askari.2a-c
 }}