SO 475 - Ambracia over Corinth
From SILVER
360 BCE - 336 BCEA.
Images
Overstriking coin
Ambracia_over_Corinth.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny & Mosch 259 (20/10/2018), n° 3249. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | A. Pegasus advancing right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, dolphin and rooster. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ambracia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Epirus | 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. 360 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: 8.678.67 g <br />8,670 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater | |
| StandardStandard.: Corinthian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19901Calciati 1990, vol.2, n°69, 86-89/2 (p.456, 462-463), HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n°212 var. (symbol unlisted) |
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: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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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