SO 544 - Eretria over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3711

500 BCE - 465 BCE | E

Images

Overstriking coin

Eretria_cow_octopus.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Fritz Rudolf Künker, 133, 11 Oct. 2007, 8071.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Cow licking her hoof, right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

E (Greek) Octopus within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Eretria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Euboea

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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 465 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: 88 g <br />8,000 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=407932	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 19071Babelon 1907, n°1070bis-1078, BCD Euboia2BCD Euboia, n°315
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/eretria.babelon 1907.1070bis-78

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägt"