2999 - Epidaurus (hemidrachm Asclepius/monogram) over Phlius (bull/phi) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 2493)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2999

250 - 240 | monogram (EΠ)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 9 - Epidaurus over Phlius.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 6 - Epidaurus over Phlius overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg [LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 102, 29 April 2008, lot 205]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 81 (20/05/2009), no. 2493.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	BCD collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	1979/80 Epidaurus Hoard (CH VII, 69)

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) (Greek) 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. 250 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: 2.72.7 g <br />2,700 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.: 7 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Requier 1993, series 2, dies D1/R1, 169).

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

LHS 96 20061LHS 96 2006, no. 1237-1239 (same dies) and 1241, Hoover 20112Hoover 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. 280 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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:

LHS 96 20061LHS 96 2006, no. 132ff

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck on a hemidrachm of Phlious (cf. BCD Peloponnesos 132ff).