3696 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (BCD coll. - LHS, 96, May 2006, 1238)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3696

255 - 250 | monogram (EΠ)

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group (23/05/2007), no. 320 ; LHS 96 (8/05/2006), no. 1238.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asclepius left, wearing laurel wreath. In field, E.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

monogram (EΠ) Monogram within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Epidaurus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Peloponnesus (Argolis)

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. 255 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: 2.732.73 g <br />2,730 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Hemidrachm or triobol	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 5 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

P. Requier, "Le monnayage d'Épidaure à la lumière d'un nouveau trésor", Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft 72 (1993) p. 29-46, pl. 1-8 (series 3 [2], D1/R1, 171).

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

LHS Numismatics1LHS Numismatics, Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection. Catalog of public auction 96, 8-9 May 2006, Zurich, 2006, no. 1237-1239 and 1241, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Peloponnesos: Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 5, Lancaster-London, 2011, no. 724

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Φ Φ within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Phlius

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Peloponnesus (Phliasia)

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

BCD Peloponnesos 132ff3BCD Peloponnesos 132ff

Additional data

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