SO 509 - Thebes over Thebes
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|Date from=450 BCE | |Date from=450 BCE | ||
|Date to=440 BCE | |Date to=440 BCE | ||
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|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Weight=11.84 | |Weight=11.84 | ||
|Denomination=stater | |Denomination=stater | ||
|Standard=Aeginetic | |Standard=Aeginetic | ||
| − | |Coin series reference= | + | |Coin reference=Babelon 1914, n°233 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ) |
| + | |Coin series reference=Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, , n°233 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ); HGC 4, n°1319 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ) | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon_1914.233 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon_1914.233 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head | |Overstruck obverse description=Head | ||
Latest revision as of 14:09, 16 May 2024
450 BCE - 440 BCE | ΘEBAION
Images
Overstriking coin
Thebes_shield_harmonia.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 530. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Boiotian shield. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘEBAION (Greek) Harmonia (wife of Kadmos), seated right on stool, holding Corinthian helmet, 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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.8411.84 g <br />11,840 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Babelon 1914, n°233 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Tome 3, Part 2, , n°233 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ), HGC 42HGC 4, n°1319 var.(ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ) |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thebes | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Boeotia | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an earlier issue with the head of Zeus(?) visible beneath Harmonia" | ||
References
- ^ Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
- ^ 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.
