3234 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Cavarus) (AE Apollo/Nike) over Mesembria (helmet/shield) (MacDonald coll., 70): Difference between revisions
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|Private collection= | |Image overstriking coin=SO 454 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Mesembria.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=454 Mesembria (drawing).jpg | |||
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | |Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ||
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend | |Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Nike standing left, holding palm and wreath. In field, monogram. | |Reverse description=Nike standing left, holding palm and wreath. In field, monogram. | ||
|Mint=Uncertain mint | |Mint=Uncertain mint | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Kavaros (king of Thrace) - pretended authority | |Authority=Kavaros (king of Thrace) - pretended authority | ||
|Metal=Bronze | |||
|Weight=6.11 | |Weight=6.11 | ||
|Diameter=26 | |Diameter=26 | ||
|Axis=10 | |Axis=10 | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 94, n° 70 | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG Stancomb | |Coin series reference=SNG Stancomb, no. 304 (imitation of this variety).;SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 194-196 (imitation of this variety).;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. 1357 (imitation of this variety). | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Helmet with cheek pieces right (visible: outline of top and back of helmet, part of cheek piece). | |Overstruck obverse description=Helmet with cheek pieces right (visible: outline of top and back of helmet, part of cheek piece). | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ME(TAMB)PIANΩΝ | |Overstruck reverse legend=ME(TAMB)PIANΩΝ | ||
Revision as of 23:58, 1 June 2023
| ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 454 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Mesembria.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
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454 Mesembria (drawing).jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend (Greek) Nike standing left, holding palm and wreath. In field, monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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: | Kavaros (king of Thrace) - pretended authority |
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
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: 6.116.11 g <br />6,110 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 94, n° 70 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, no. 304 (imitation of this variety)., SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum2SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 194-196 (imitation of this variety)., O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. 1357 (imitation of this variety). |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmet with cheek pieces right (visible: outline of top and back of helmet, part of cheek piece). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ME(TAMB)PIANΩΝ Oval shield seen from inside (visible: most of shield). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Mesembria | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria | 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 Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, no. 229-230, Karayotov4Karayotov, Mesembria, pl. I.8. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
