3681 - Corinth (stater Pegasus/swastika) over Athens (Gorgon/incuse square) (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 254)
From SILVER
550 - 500Ϙ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 3 - Corinth over Athens.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
Athens SO3.jpeg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 79 (17/09/2008), no. 254. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Ϙ Pegasus flying left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square (shape of swastika). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. | Peloponnesus | 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. 550 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater | |
| StandardStandard.: Corinthian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen 31SNG Copenhagen 3, no. 2-3, Lanz 105 20012Lanz 105 2001, no. 3, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1815 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Gorgoneion facing. |
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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ Lanz Numismatik, 105 (Münzen von Korinth - Sammlung BCD), 26 Nov. 2001, Munich.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
