SO 509 - Thebes over Thebes

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3523

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

Classic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bebelon 19141Bebelon 1914, n°233, HGC 42HGC 4, n°1319 var. (ΘΕΒΑΙΟΝ)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thebes.babelon 1914.233

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.

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

^ Bebelon 1914
^ 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.