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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3256

20 BCE - 19 BCE | E.

Images

Overstriking coin

Kroll_153e.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_97h.png [2]

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, B'-1104.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

E. Sphinx seated right, wearing modius, all in olive wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region.

Attica

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. 20 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 19 BCE

Roman ^{from 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: 6.986.98 g <br />6,980 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Kroll 1993, n°153e.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 80, n°18-21., Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°153

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet, border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

A-E (Greek) Zeus, nude, striding r., hurling thunderbolt, at 1., pileus, at r., eagle.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

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. 87 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 86 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°97h
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.78-80.82-4.90-7

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a coin that had been chisel marked on both sides with XI; possibly from the Fulminating Zeus star-and-crescents variety; cf.97h"

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-|Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, B'-1104
+|Image overstriking coin=Kroll_153e.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/oa_ebooks/oa_agora/Agora_XXVI.pdf
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref_97h.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/oa_ebooks/oa_agora/Agora_XXVI.pdf
+|Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, B'-1104.
 |Obverse description=Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
-|Reverse description=Sphinx seated right, wearing modius, all in olive wreath. E.
+|Reverse legend=E.
+|Reverse description=Sphinx seated right, wearing modius, all in olive wreath.
 |Mint=Athens
 |Ancient region=Attica
+|Date from=20 BCE
+|Date to=19 BCE
+|Period=Roman
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=6.98
 |Diameter=19
-|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 153e.
+|Coin reference=Kroll 1993, n°153e.
-|Coin series reference=J. N. Svoronos, Trésor de la numismatique grecque ancienne : les monnaies d'Athènes, Munich, 1923-1926, p. 80, no. 18-21.;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece. Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. Sixth to Fisrt Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4, Lancaster-London, 2014, no.
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 80, n°18-21.; Kroll 1993, n°153
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet; border of dots.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=A-E
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus, nude, striding r., hurling thunderbolt; at 1., pileus; at r., eagle.
+|Overstruck mint=Athens
+|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
+|Overstruck date from=87 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=86 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Kroll 1993, n°97h
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.78-80.82-4.90-7
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=weak
+|Remarks="overstruck on a coin that had been chisel marked on both sides with XI; possibly from the Fulminating Zeus star-and-crescents variety; cf.97h"
 }}