SO 737 - Sermyle over Acanthus

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 737 - Sermyle over Acanthus.png
 
|Museum collection=Athens, Alpha Bank, 4226.
 
|Museum collection=Athens, Alpha Bank, 4226.
 
|Obverse legend=ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ
 
|Obverse legend=ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ
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|Obverse legend language=Greek
 
|Obverse description=Horseman galloping right, brandishing spear in raised hand. In field, pellet. Border of dots.
 
|Obverse description=Horseman galloping right, brandishing spear in raised hand. In field, pellet. Border of dots.
 
|Reverse description=Incuse square.
 
|Reverse description=Incuse square.
 
|Mint=Sermyle
 
|Mint=Sermyle
 
|Ancient region=Macedon
 
|Ancient region=Macedon
|Date from=480
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|Date from=480 BCE
|Date to=470
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|Date to=470 BCE
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|Period=Classical
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|Metal=Silver
 
|Weight=13.78
 
|Weight=13.78
|Denomination=Tetradrachm
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|Denomination=tetradrachm
 
|Standard=Attic-Euboic
 
|Standard=Attic-Euboic
|Coin reference=P. Tselekas, "Late archaic overstruck staters in the Chalkidike", Nomismatika Chronika 21 (2002), p. 30-40, no. B9.
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|Coin reference=Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, B9.
|Coin series reference=O. 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
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|Coin series reference=HGC 3.1, 661
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Lion left clinging with tooth and claw on the hindquarters of a bull kneeling right with head raised and looking forwards. In exergue, floral ornament. Border of dots (visible: hindquarters of bull, head of lion).
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Lion left clinging with tooth and claw on the hindquarters of a bull kneeling right with head raised and looking forwards. In exergue, floral ornament. Border of dots (visible: hindquarters of bull, head of lion).
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible: external corners of triangles).
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Incuse square (visible: external corners of triangles).

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2918


480 BCE - 470 BCEΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 737 - Sermyle over Acanthus.png
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Athens, Alpha Bank, 4226.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΕΡΜΥΛΙΚΟΝ (Greek) 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.7813.78 g <br />13,780 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic-Euboic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Tselekas 2002, p. 30-40, n° B9. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 661

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 raised and looking forwards. In exergue, floral ornament. Border of dots (visible: hindquarters of bull, head of lion). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse square (visible: external corners of triangles).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Acanthus Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.