SO 506 - Scyros over uncertain mint
From SILVER
500 BCE - 480 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Skyros_goat_stellate.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Nomos, 11, 09 Oct. 2015, n°84; Nomos, 8, 22 Oct. 2013, n°144. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Norman Davis Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Two goats back to back, heads turned inwards. Between them, fig leaf. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Central globule surrounded by four smaller ones, two rays and two fig leaves. All within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Scyros | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thessaly | 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.. 480 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.338.33 g <br />8,330 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Balcer 1978, n°13, dies A.7/P.4 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen 171SNG Copenhagen 17, n°732, Balcer 19782Balcer 1978, n°13, dies A.7/P.4 |
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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: | "Overstruck on an uncertain earlier issue" | ||
