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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3858

224 BCE - 198 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

73a.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref 69 70.png [2]

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, ΣA-103

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle. In field, aplastron.

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. 224 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 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: 5.345.34 g <br />5,340 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Kleiner 1975, p. 316, pl. 75, n°231, Kroll 1993, n°73a.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 104, n°14, 19, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°72-4, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1701

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Owl stg. three-quarters r., facing, wings lifted, at r., amphora.

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. 224 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 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:	Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 24, n°10-17, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, 69-70, HGC 43HGC 4, n°1700
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.69-70

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"All or most overstruck on Owl three-quarters r. (69 or 70). The helmet of the undertype is especially clear on 73a and b."

References

a b 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.
a b 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=73a.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/oa_ebooks/oa_agora/Agora_XXVI.pdf
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref 69 70.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b103111998
 |Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, ΣA-103
 |Obverse description=Head of Demeter right, wearing wheat wreath. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=AΘE
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle. In field, aplastron.
 |Mint=Athens
 |Ancient region=Attica
-|Date from=224
+|Date from=224 BCE
-|Date to=198
+|Date to=198 BCE
-|Weight=5,34
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
+|Weight=5.34
 |Diameter=20
-|Axis=5 h
+|Axis=5
-|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 73a. ; Kleiner 1975, p. 316, pl. 75, no. 231 (P-R 6-12).
+|Standard=Attic
-|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
+|Coin reference=Kleiner 1975, p. 316, pl. 75, n°231; Kroll 1993, n°73a.
-|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena, wearing helmet.
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 104, n°14, 19; Kroll 1993, n°72-4; HGC 4, n°1701
-|Overstruck reverse description=Owl three-quarters right.
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=AΘE
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Owl stg. three-quarters r., facing, wings lifted; at r., amphora.
 |Overstruck mint=Athens
 |Overstruck ancient region=Attica
+|Overstruck date from=224 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=198 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 24, n°10-17; Kroll 1993, 69-70; HGC 4, n°1700
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.69-70
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="All or most overstruck on Owl three-quarters r. (69 or 70). The helmet of the undertype is especially clear on 73a and b."
 }}