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|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus (Arcadia) | |Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus (Arcadia) | ||
|Overstruck authority=Arcadian league | |Overstruck authority=Arcadian league | ||
|Overstruck date from=477 | |||
|Overstruck date to=468 | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=hemidrachm | |Overstruck denomination=hemidrachm | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Williams 1965, no. 86 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | ||
|Level of confidence=strong | |Level of confidence=strong | ||
|Remarks=This is a coin of considerable numismatic importance! The Elean hemidrachm was struck soon after the coinage of Olympia began, but utilized a slightly earlier issue of the Arcadian League as a flan. While a number of Elean coins are known overstruck on issues from other mints, especially Aegina but sometimes from Boeotia, most of the undertypes are rarely closely datable. This piece is almost certainly R.T. Williams, The Confederate Coinage of the Arcadians in the Fifth Century B.C. ANSNNM 155 (1965), 86, ascribed to the mint of Tegea and struck c. 477-468. The goose-necked back of Zeus’ throne is visible above the eagle’s upper wing on the obverse, and the diagnostic lower profile of the head of the Arcadian goddess (Williams die R. 53) is visible below the thunderbolt on the reverse | |Remarks=This is a coin of considerable numismatic importance! The Elean hemidrachm was struck soon after the coinage of Olympia began, but utilized a slightly earlier issue of the Arcadian League as a flan. While a number of Elean coins are known overstruck on issues from other mints, especially Aegina but sometimes from Boeotia, most of the undertypes are rarely closely datable. This piece is almost certainly R.T. Williams, The Confederate Coinage of the Arcadians in the Fifth Century B.C. ANSNNM 155 (1965), 86, ascribed to the mint of Tegea and struck c. 477-468. The goose-necked back of Zeus’ throne is visible above the eagle’s upper wing on the obverse, and the diagnostic lower profile of the head of the Arcadian goddess (Williams die R. 53) is visible below the thunderbolt on the reverse | ||
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Images
Overstriking coin
SO 12 - Elis over Tegea?.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu 90 (10/05/2004), no. 13 ; Coin Galleries (14/11/1984), no. 322. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Thunderbolt within incuse circle. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Elis | Ancient regionAncient region. | Peloponnesus (Elis) | 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. 470 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 | Classic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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: 2.52.5 g <br />2,500 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Hemidrachm or triobol | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hoover 20111Hoover 2011, no. 420, 422-423 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Zeus seated on a throne | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Arcadian god right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Tegea? | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus (Arcadia) | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Arcadian league |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 477 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 468 | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | hemidrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Williams 19652Williams 1965, no. 86 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | This is a coin of considerable numismatic importance! The Elean hemidrachm was struck soon after the coinage of Olympia began, but utilized a slightly earlier issue of the Arcadian League as a flan. While a number of Elean coins are known overstruck on issues from other mints, especially Aegina but sometimes from Boeotia, most of the undertypes are rarely closely datable. This piece is almost certainly R.T. Williams, The Confederate Coinage of the Arcadians in the Fifth Century B.C. ANSNNM 155 (1965), 86, ascribed to the mint of Tegea and struck c. 477-468. The goose-necked back of Zeus’ throne is visible above the eagle’s upper wing on the obverse, and the diagnostic lower profile of the head of the Arcadian goddess (Williams die R. 53) is visible below the thunderbolt on the reverse | ||
