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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3182

36 BCE - 33 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

143f.png

Overstruck variety

Ref_athènes_athéna_zeus.png [1]

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, OO-1116

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Archaic image of Apollo Delios, holding the three Graces in his right hand and a bow in his left. In field, cicada.

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. 36 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 33 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 4.854.85 g <br />4,850 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kroll 1993, n°143f.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 80, n°1-14, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°143, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1714
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.143

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena wearing a Cointhian helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Zeus holding a thunderbolt.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

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. 196 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 86 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°78-80, n°82-84, n°90-7
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.78-80.82-4.90-7

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on pre-87 B.C Fulminating Zeus AE2"

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.
^ 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.

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+|Image overstriking coin=143f.png
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref_athènes_athéna_zeus.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b103112289
 |Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, OO-1116
 |Obverse description=Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=AΘE
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Archaic image of Apollo Delios, holding the three Graces in his right hand and a bow in his left. In field, cicada.
 |Mint=Athens
 |Ancient region=Attica
-|Date from=36
+|Date from=36 BCE
-|Date to=33
+|Date to=33 BCE
-|Weight=4,85
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
+|Weight=4.85
 |Diameter=20
-|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 143f.
+|Standard=Attic
-|Coin series reference=J. N. Svoronos, Trésor de la numismatique grecque ancienne : les monnaies d'Athènes, Munich, 1923-1926, p. 80, no.1-14.;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. 1714
+|Coin reference=Kroll 1993, n°143f.
-|Overstruck reverse description=Fulminating Zeus.
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 80, n°1-14; Kroll 1993, n°143; HGC 4, n°1714
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.143
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena wearing a Cointhian helmet.
+|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus holding a thunderbolt.
 |Overstruck mint=Athens
 |Overstruck ancient region=Attica
+|Overstruck date from=196 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=86 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Kroll 1993, n°78-80, n°82-84, n°90-7
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.78-80.82-4.90-7
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="overstruck on pre-87 B.C Fulminating Zeus AE2"
 }}