2946 - Heracleia Pontica (obol Heracles/trophy) over Heracleia Pontica (Hera/bowcase & club) (MacDonald coll., 119)
From SILVER
364 - 352HPAK
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Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | HPAK 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.760.76 g <br />760 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Chian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 161, no. 119 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 1593, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 477 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | HPAK Tête d'Héraclée à gauche, coiffée 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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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