SO 485 - Oiniadae over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3859

219 BCE - 211 BCE | OINIAΔΑΝ

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen 17, 4 Oct. 2005, n°619.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Below, ΠΡΙ (magistrate name). In field, thunderbolt (?). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

OINIAΔΑΝ (Greek) Head of bull with man face (Achelaos). In field, monogram. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Oiniadae

Ancient regionAncient region.

Acarnania

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. 219 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: 5.735.73 g <br />5,730 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007)1Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007), Stuttgart, 2007, no. 345-352, BMC Central2BMC Central, p. 189-190, no. 6-14, O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece. Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. Sixth to Fisrt Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4, Lancaster-London, 2014, no. 899

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:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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