1481 - Olbia (AE Apollo/cithara) over Olbia (uncertain type) (Roma Numismatics, EA 94, Feb. 2022, 296)
From SILVER
80 BCE - 70 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Olbia (Apollo-Kithara) on Olbia - Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 94, 24 Feb. 2022, 296.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 94, 24 Feb. 2022, 296 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the collection of GK |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Apollo to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Kithara, sunburst to right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Olbia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Scythia | Modern countryModern country: Ukraine | 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. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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: 5.605.6 g <br />5,600 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1967741&AucID=4656&Lot=296 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 691, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1896, SNG Moskau3SNG Moskau, n° 2382-7 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Olbia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Scythia | Modern countryModern country: Ukraine | 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Abramzon, Mikhail Grigorevich - Frovola, Nina A. - Peter, Ulrike (2019), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Russland, Staatliches Historisches Museum Moskau : Münzen des Nördlichen Schwarzmeergebietes, Berlin, De Gruyter.
