3253 - Pergamum (AE Athena/trophy) over Pergamum (Asclepius/snake) (London, BM, 1890-8-5.4)
From SILVER
| ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1890,0805.4 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY Trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Pergamum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Mysia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.516.51 g <br />6,510 mg <br /> | ||
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | J. Chameroy, "Manipulating late Hellenistic coinage : some overstrikes countermarks on bronze coins of Pergamum", Chiron (2016), p. 115, fig. 2, BMC Greek (Mysia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Mysia, p. 131, no. 177 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Asklepios right, wearing a laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Raised snake on omphalos. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Pergamum | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Mysia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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