3646 - Chersonesus (AR trihemidrachm or siglos) over Chersonesus (Artemis/Artemis) (BM, 1938-10-7.43)
From SILVER
110 - 90 | XEP
Images
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1938,1007.43 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Sir Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Artemis-Tyche right, wearing wall crown, at shoulder quiver and bow. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | XEP Stag standing right. Below, ΔIOTIMOY (magistrate name). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chersonesos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Taurica | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | 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. 110 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 | 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: 3.163.16 g <br />3,160 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: trihemidrachm or siglos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Persic or Chian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | M. J. Price, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IX: The British Museum. Part I: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 823, pl. XXXII. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. 2066 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Artemis. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Artemis striking at stag. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Chersonesus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | SNG BM Black Sea 790-795.2SNG BM Black Sea 790-795. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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