SO 589 - Athens over Sicyon

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3660

20 BCE - 19 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

152e.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref Sicyone (apollo dove).png [2]

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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:

Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 80, n°37-43, Kroll 19932Kroll 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. ^ᵖ:

Sicyon

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus (Sicyonia)

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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Attica3BMC Attica, p. 92, n°669-670, Warren 19844Warren 1984, Group 12, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°727.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sicyon.warren 1983.group 12

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Sikyon variety 727"

References

^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1923-1926), Les monnaies d'Athenes, Munich, F. Bruckmann, xix + 114 p. and 39 pl.
a b Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
^ 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.
^ Warren, Jennifer A. W. (1984), "The autonomous bronze coinage of Sicyon (part 2)", The Numismatic Chronicle,144, p.1-24, pl. 1-3.

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+|Image overstriking coin=152e.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/oa_ebooks/oa_agora/Agora_XXVI.pdf
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref Sicyone (apollo dove).png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.38695?lang=fr
 |Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, ZZ-129
 |Obverse description=Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
 |Reverse legend=AΘE
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Owl three-quarters right on prow, head facing. Wheat ear. All in olive wreath.
 |Mint=Athens
 |Ancient region=Attica
-|Weight=3,64
+|Date from=20 BCE
+|Date to=19 BCE
+|Period=Roman
+|Metal=Bronze
+|Weight=3.64
 |Diameter=19
-|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 152e.
+|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.
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 80, n°37-43; Kroll 1993, n°152
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo, right.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=AIN
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Dove in flight, left.
 |Overstruck mint=Sicyon
 |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
+|Overstruck date from=100 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=30 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Attica, p. 92, n°669-670; Warren 1984, Group 12; Kroll 1993, n°727.
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sicyon.warren 1983.group 12
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="overstruck on Sikyon variety 727"
 }}