1872 - Elis (hemidrachm eagle/thunderbolt) over Tegea (Zeus/Callisto) (Leu Numismatik, 90, May 2004, 13)
From SILVER
470 - 460
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu 90 (10/05/2004), no. 13 ; Coin Galleries (14/11/1984), no. 322. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Thunderbolt within incuse circle. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Elis | Ancient regionAncient region. | Peloponnesus (Elis) | 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. 470 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 | Classic 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: 2,5",5" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Hemidrachm or triobol | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 5, Lancaster-London, 2011, no. 420, 422-423 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Zeus seated on a thron. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Arcadian god right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Tegea? | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus (Arcadia) | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Arcadian league |
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: | hemidrachm 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
