SO 745 - Terone over Dicaia or Eretria
From SILVER
490 BCE - 480 BCET-E (?)
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Sotheby New York (21-22/06/1990), lot 355. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | N. Bunker Hunt collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | T-E (?) (Greek) Amphora with bunches of grapes. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Terone | Ancient regionAncient region. | Macedon | 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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | 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: 16.6616.66 g <br />16,660 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° A6., Price-Waggoner 1975, 48, n° 227 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hardwick 19981Hardwick 1998, n° 5, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 705 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Cow left turning her head to scratch its nose with its left back hoof, within a circular border of dots (visible: head and hoof of cow). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Octopus within an incuse square (visible: head and tentacles of octopus). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Dicaia or Eretria | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Euboea or Macedon | 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: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | Price-Waggoner 1975, 48 : Argue that the host coin is of Eretria. However, it could also be of Dikaia, a colony of Eretria near the Chalkidike, which issued coins with the same types. | ||
