SO 477 - Athamanes over uncertain mint
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168 - 146 | AΘΑΜΑΝΩΝ
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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Coins, "2nd Blue Auction, Part 1" (28/10/2017). | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΘΑΜΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of bull. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Athamanes | Ancient regionAncient region. | Epirus (Athamania) | 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. 168 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.394.39 g <br />4,390 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | HGC 3.1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n°187 |
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
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
