1481 - Olbia (AE Apollo/cithara) over Olbia (uncertain type) (Roma Numismatics, EA 94, Feb. 2022, 296)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1481

65

Images

Overstriking coin

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. 65 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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 Moskau 2382-71SNG Moskau 2382-7, SNG BM Black Sea 6912SNG BM Black Sea 691, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, 1896

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

^ SNG Moskau 2382-7
^ SNG BM Black Sea 691
^ 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.