SO 486 - Tyrrheium over uncertain mint
From SILVER
300 - 200 | ΘΥΡΡΕΩΝ ?)
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, Weber 3109A | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Weber collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘΥΡΡΕΩΝ ?) Owl left, head facing. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tyrrheium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Acarnania | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 300 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 | 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: 5,39",39" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | S. Kremydi-Sicilianou, "Makedonia chai Akarnania : e chrese Makedonikon Chalkon gia ten kope Akarnanikon ekdoseon (Macedonia and Acarnania : Acarnanian coins struck on Macedonian bronzes)", Nomisma oto Makedoniko choro praktika v'epistemonikes synanteses ... [et al], Thessalonique, 2000, p. 61-77, no. 5α. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007)1Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23 (18 October 2007), Stuttgart, 2007, no. 375-377.2, BMC Central2BMC Central, p. 192, no. 1-2, O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 924 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse leg. |
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: | |||
