SO 589 - Athens over Sicyon

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|Image overstriking coin=152e.png
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|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/oa_ebooks/oa_agora/Agora_XXVI.pdf
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|Image overstruck variety=Ref Sicyone (apollo dove).png
 
|Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, ZZ-129
 
|Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, ZZ-129
 
|Obverse description=Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
 
|Obverse description=Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
 
|Reverse legend=AΘE
 
|Reverse legend=AΘE
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|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse description=Owl three-quarters right on prow, head facing. Wheat ear. All in olive wreath.
 
|Reverse description=Owl three-quarters right on prow, head facing. Wheat ear. All in olive wreath.
 
|Mint=Athens
 
|Mint=Athens
 
|Ancient region=Attica
 
|Ancient region=Attica
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|Date from=20 BCE
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|Date to=19 BCE
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|Period=Roman
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|Metal=Bronze
 
|Weight=3.64
 
|Weight=3.64
 
|Diameter=19
 
|Diameter=19
|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 152e.
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|Coin reference=Kroll 1993, n°152e.
|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.  
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|Coin series reference=Kroll 1993, n°152
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|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo, right.
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|Overstruck reverse legend=AIN
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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
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|Overstruck reverse description=Dove in flight, left.
 
|Overstruck mint=Sicyon
 
|Overstruck mint=Sicyon
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus (Sicyonia)
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus (Sicyonia)
|Coin series reference overstruck=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, 152b
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|Overstruck date from=100 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=30 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Attica, p. 92, n°669-670; Warren 1984, Group 12; Kroll 1993, n°727.
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sicyon.warren 1983.group 12
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Level of confidence=sure
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|Remarks="overstruck on Sikyon variety 727"
 
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Revision as of 15:38, 29 April 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3660


20 BCE - 19 BCE | AΘE

Images
Overstriking coin
152e.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref Sicyone (apollo dove).png
Location/history
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: Athenian Agora, ZZ-129

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΘE (Greek) Owl three-quarters right on prow, head facing. Wheat ear. All in olive wreath.
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. 20 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 19 BCE Roman from 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: 3.643.64 g <br />3,640 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kroll 1993, n°152e. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Kroll 19931Kroll 1993, n°152

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo, right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AIN (Greek) Dove in flight, left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Sicyon Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus (Sicyonia) 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Attica2BMC Attica, p. 92, n°669-670, Warren 19843Warren 1984, Group 12, Kroll 19931Kroll 1993, n°727.
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: "overstruck on Sikyon variety 727"

References

  1. a b  Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
  2. ^  Head, V. Barclay (1888), British Museum. A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. VII : Attica - Megaris - Aegina, London, lxix, p.174 pl., 25.
  3. ^  Warren, Jennifer A. W. (1984), "The autonomous bronze coinage of Sicyon (part 2)", The Numismatic Chronicle,144, p.1-24, pl. 1-3.