2144 - Ephesus (cistophoric tetradrachm cista/bowcase) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 123)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2144

150 - 140 | ΕΦΕ

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake issues to left, all within ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΕΦΕ Two snakes surrounding an ornamented bow case, strap right, containing strung bow. To upper left, star. To right, laurel branch from which hangs long fillet terminating in large ornemental tassel (tassel off-flan her).

Mint and issuing power

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

Ephesus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

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. 150 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 140

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: 12.7312.73 g <br />12,730 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophorus	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.: Cistophoric

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 164-6, no. 123., Price and Nash, Coin Hoards, vol. 2, p. 29, no. 94 (fig. 11)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy leaf (visible on reverse: lock of hair visible on lower part of bow case and snakes)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΕΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ Heracles standing to front, nude, head left, holding lion skin and club. In left field, letter or monogram (visible on obverse: part of legend and ornate trailing edges of lion skin visible in field).

Mint and issuing power

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

Thasos

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

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. 158 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:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

SNG Britain 3: The Lockett Collection1SNG Britain 3: The Lockett Collection, Part 2, no. 1240-1241

Additional data

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