1872 - Elis (hemidrachm eagle/thunderbolt) over Tegea (Zeus/Callisto) (Leu Numismatik, 90, May 2004, 13)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1872

470 - 460

Images

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.:	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:

O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 5, Lancaster-London, 2011, no. 420, 422-423

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Zeus seated on a thron.

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. 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:

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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