SO 743 - Terone over Acanthus
From SILVER
490 BCE - 480 BCET-E (?)
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Fogg Art Museum, 31/01-14/03 1973, Cambridge, Mass. 1973, n° 59. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Fr. M. Watkins 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: 16.7316.73 g <br />16,730 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° A4. | 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.: | Lion left clinging with tooth and claw on the hindquarters of a bull kneeling right with head down and looking forwards. Border of dots (visible: parts of dotted circle). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square (visible: traces of outline of square). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Acanthus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | 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
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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