3162 - Pharsalus (drachma Athena/horseman) over uncertain type (CNG, 26, June 1993, 278)
From SILVER
400 - 370 | ΦΑΡΣ
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group (01/2014), no. 199 ; Classical Numismatic Group 26 (11/06/1993), no. 278; Classical Numismatic Auctions 11 (03/05/1990), no. 55; Historical Coin Review XIV/6 (11-12/1989), no. 30. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | R. A. J. Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, decorated with sphinx leaping right, and single-pendant earring. Behind neck guard, TΘ. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦΑΡΣ Thessalian horseman charging right, wearing petasos, brandishing lagobolon. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Pharsalus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thessaly | 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. 400 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370 | Classic 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: 6.16.1 g <br />6,100 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Drachma | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 8 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Lavva 144c corr. (V68/R84). | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. 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. 626 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
