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{{Overstrike
|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
|Image overstriking coin=Athenes_sur_Athenes_111.jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=OV_111.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=OV_109.png
|Private collection=MacDonald coll. n°111
|Obverse description=Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath.
|Obverse description=Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath.
|Reverse legend=AΘE
|Reverse legend=AΘE
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle.
|Reverse description=Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle.
|Mint=Athens
|Mint=Athens
|Ancient region=Attica
|Ancient region=Attica
|Weight=6,28
|Date from=210 BCE
|Date to=198 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=6.28
|Diameter=21
|Diameter=21
|Axis=11 h
|Axis=11
|Coin reference=D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 151-152, no. 111
|Denomination=hemiobol
|Coin series reference=J. N. Svoronos, Trésor de la numismatique grecque ancienne : les monnaies d'Athènes, Munich, 1923-1926, p. 104, no. 14, 19.;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. 1701
|Standard=Attic
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet (visible: back and crest of helmet).
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 151-152, n°111
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, p. 104, n°14, 19.; HGC 4, n°1701
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet.
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing three-quarters facing.
|Overstruck mint=Athens
|Overstruck mint=Athens
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
|Overstruck date from=224 BCE
|Overstruck date to=198 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Kroll 1993, n°69-70
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.69-70
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Visible : back crest of helmet"
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 10:12, 29 April 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3421


210 BCE - 198 BCE | AΘE

Images
Overstriking coin
Athenes_sur_Athenes_111.jpg
Overstruck variety
OV_109.png
Traces of the overstruck variety
OV_111.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : MacDonald coll. n°111

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Athens Ancient regionAncient region. Attica 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. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.286.28 g <br />6,280 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 151-152, n°111 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, p. 104, n°14, 19., HGC 42HGC 4, n°1701

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Owl standing three-quarters facing.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica 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. 224 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Kroll 19933Kroll 1993, n°69-70
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Visible : back crest of helmet"

References

  1. ^  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.