SO 735 - Sermyle over Mende

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3113

480 - 470ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Alpha Bank, 6251.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ Horseman galloping right, brandishing spear in raised hand. In field, pellet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Sermyle

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. 480 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470

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: 16.7516.75 g <br />16,750 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

P. Tselekas, "Late archaic overstruck staters in the Chalkidike", Nomismatika Chronika 21 (2002), p. 30-40, no. B7., SNG GB I.1, no. 125.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. 661

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Donkey walking left, with crow to the right pecking on rump. Border of dots (visible: phallus and left back leg of donkey, body of bird).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (visible: outer angles of triangular parts).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Mende

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

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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