3848 - Olbia (AE Helios/horses) over Olbia (Demeter/axe and bowcase) (Roma Numismatics, EA 66, Jan. 2020, 67)
From SILVER
210 BCE - 200 BCE | ΟΛ
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO 596 - Olbia (AE Helios-Horses) over Olbia.png
Overstruck variety
Olbia Demeter Perseus.jpeg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 66 (09/01/2020), lot 67 ; A. H. Baldwin and Sons Ltd. (2004). | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | W. Stancomb collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Helios facing, wearing radiate crown. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΟΛ (Greek) Conjoined foreparts of two horses. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Olbia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace (Sarmatia) | 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. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 612, SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 418, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1892, Anokhin 20114Anokhin 2011, n° 449 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Demeter to left, small head of Perseus to left behind | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | OΛBIO above, ΣΩMO below (Greek) Axe and bow in bowcase. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Olbia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace (Sarmatia) | 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. 240 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 606 (same dies), HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1890 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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