SO 510 - Thebes over Pharsalus

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3434

425 BCE - 400 BCE | Θ-E

Images

Overstriking coin

Thebes_shield_amphora.png.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Pharsale.jpg [2]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Athens, Numismatic Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Boiotian shield.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Θ-E (Greek) Amphora within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thebes

Ancient regionAncient region.

Boeotia

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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.5710.57 g <br />10,570 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1954, p. 91, pl. XIV, n°4.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 19141Babelon 1914, Noe 1954, p. 91, pl. XIV, n°4, HGC 42HGC 4, n°1312
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon 1914.243-50

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet (visible: profls to right and the crest of a helmet, with hair-tresses).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑ (Greek) Rider galopping right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Pharsalus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thessaly

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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Noe 19543Noe 1954, p. 91, pl. XIV, n°5.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva 2001.b.i.2-6.10.13.15.17.20

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Babelon, Ernest (1914), "Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines 2, Description historique t. 3 Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.", E. Leroux, p.580
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
^ Noe, Sydney P. (1954), "Countermarked and overstruck Greek coins at the American Numismatic Society", American Numismatic Society. Museum notes 6, p. 85-93.

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-|Museum collection=Athens, Numismatic Museum.
+|Image overstriking coin=Thebes_shield_amphora.png.jpg
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573328?seq=7
+|Image overstruck variety=Pharsale.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43573328?seq=7
+|Museum collection=Athens, Numismatic Museum
 |Obverse description=Boiotian shield.
 |Reverse legend=Θ-E
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Amphora within incuse square.
 |Mint=Thebes
 |Ancient region=Boeotia
-|Date from=450
+|Date from=425 BCE
-|Date to=440
+|Date to=400 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=10.57
 |Denomination=Stater
 |Standard=Aeginetic
-|Coin reference=S. P. Noe, "Countermarked and overstruck Greek coins at the American Numismatic Society", ANS Museum Notes 6 (1954), p. 91, pl. XIV, no. 4.
+|Coin reference=Noe 1954, p. 91, pl. XIV, n°4.
-|Coin series reference=O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece. Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. Sixth to Fisrt Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4, Lancaster-London, 2014, no. 1312
+|Coin series reference=Babelon 1914, Noe 1954, p. 91, pl. XIV, n°4; HGC 4, n°1312
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon_1914.243-50
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet (visible: profls to right and the crest of a helmet, with hair-tresses).
 |Overstruck reverse legend=ΦΑ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Rider galopping right.
 |Overstruck mint=Pharsalus
 |Overstruck ancient region=Thessaly
+|Overstruck date from=425 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=350 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Noe 1954, p. 91, pl. XIV, n°5.
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva_2001.b.i.2-6.10.13.15.17.20
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=strong
 }}