2366 - Rhodes (AE - Rhodos/rose) over Chios (Sphinx/amphora) (Ashton coll.)
From SILVER
404 - 300 | ΡΟ
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | R. Ashton collection | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | IGCH 1287 = CH 2, 59 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of nymph Rhodos right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΡΟ Rose with bud. In left field, uncertain symbol. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rhodes | Ancient regionAncient region. | Caria (Rhodes) | 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. 404 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 | Classical and/or Hellenistic 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: 1,03",03" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | 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).: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | R. Ashton and Ph. Kinns, "Opuscula Anatolica II. Iv. A Rhodes on Chios overstrike", Numismatic Chronicle 163 (2003), p. 30-31, pl. 5. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 1476 or 1479. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Sphinx seated left (visible on reverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΧΙΟΣ Amphora (visible on obverse: top of amphora, letters) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Chios | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Ionia | 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. 375 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
