3554 - Heracleia Pontica (obol Heracles/trophy) over Heracleia Pontica (Hera/bowcase & club) (MacDonald coll., 118)
From SILVER
364 - 352HPAK
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica.jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 47 - Heracleia Pontica over Heracleia Pontica overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | coll. MacDonald, no. 118 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | HPAK (Greek) Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Trophy of arms. In field, K, bow in bowcase. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Heracleia Pontica | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bithynia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 364 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 352 | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.780.78 g <br />780 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Obol | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Chian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 160, no. 118 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1593, Hoover 20122Hoover 2012, no. 477 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | HPAK Head of Heraklea left, wearing d'une couronne de tours. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Goryt and club. In field, letter or symbol. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Heracleia Pontica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bithynia | 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | obol
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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: | sure |
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