SO 1457 - Samos over uncertain mint
From SILVER
499 - 495
Images
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 2008.39.62 | ||
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | A. R. A. Tzamalis collection | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | IGCH 1644 (Asyut hoard) |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Lion scalp facing? | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of ox right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Samos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | 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. 499 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 495 | 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: 13.3213.32 g <br />13,320 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm 
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Samian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Asyut, no. 649 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | J. P. Barron1J. P. Barron, The Silver Coins of Samos, London, 1966, class I, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 1184 |
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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