2081 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (CNG, EA 356, July 2015, 105)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2081

295 - 250 | monogram (EΠ)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 356 (29/07/2015), no. 105.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	BCD collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

monogram (EΠ) Monogram within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Epidaurus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Peloponnesus (Argolis)

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. 295 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250

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: 2,76",76" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Hemidrachm or triobol	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 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:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

LHS Numismatics1LHS Numismatics, Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection. Catalog of public auction 96, 8-9 May 2006, Zurich, 2006, no. 1226-1229 (same dies as 1228), O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 5, Lancaster-London, 2011, no. 721

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Φ Φ within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Phlius

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Peloponnesus (Phliasia)

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..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

BCD Peloponnesos 1343BCD Peloponnesos 134

Additional data

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