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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3051

198 BCE - 197 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

76g.png [1]

Overstruck variety

73.png [2]

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, Z-2769

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Amphora. In field, owl. All within 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. 198 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 197 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
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kleiner 1976, p. 14, no. 63, Kroll 1993, n°76g	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 25, n°15-21, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°76, HGC n° 17023HGC n° 1702
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.76

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter r., wearing wheat wreath, border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle, at r., Eleusis ring

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:

Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°72-74

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Demeter/Plemochoe (72-74)"

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.
^ HGC n° 1702

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+|Image overstriking coin=76g.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/147716?seq=14
+|Image overstruck variety=73.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/oa_ebooks/oa_agora/Agora_XXVI.pdf
 |Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, Z-2769
 |Obverse description=Head of Zeus right.
 |Reverse legend=AΘE
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Amphora. In field, owl. All within olive wreath.
 |Mint=Athens
 |Ancient region=Attica
-|Date from=198
+|Date from=198 BCE
-|Date to=197
+|Date to=197 BCE
-|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 76g. ; Kleiner 1976, p. 14, no. 63 (H 12:1).
+|Period=Hellenistic
-|Coin series reference= ; J. N. Svoronos, Trésor de la numismatique grecque ancienne : les monnaies d'Athènes, Munich, 1923-1926, p. 25, no. 15-21.;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. 1702
+|Metal=Bronze
-|Overstruck obverse description=Demeter.
+|Standard=Attic
-|Overstruck reverse description=Plemochoe.
+|Coin reference=Kleiner 1976, p. 14, no. 63; Kroll 1993, n°76g
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 25, n°15-21; Kroll 1993, n°76; HGC n° 1702
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.76
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Demeter r., wearing wheat wreath; border of dots.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=AΘE
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Plemochoe with wheat ear passed through each handle; at r., Eleusis ring
 |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=Kroll 1993, n°72-74
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="overstruck on Demeter/Plemochoe (72-74)"
 }}