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Münzkabinett Antike Griechen, Archaik und Klassik [18208397]
https://ikmk.smb.museum/image/18208397/vs_org.jpg (Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Public Domain Mark)
Provenance/Rights: Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Reinhard Saczewski (Public Domain Mark)
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Description

Front: Kopf der Aphrodite (?) mit Mauerkrone nach r.
Rear: Bärtige Schlange in drei Windungen, nach r. aufgerichtet.
Countermarked: The impression left by a countermark punch. A tool that is used to punch into a coin subsequent to the original striking an additional mark or symbol that had meaning in the contemporary context of the coin - for example to mark a specific payment or to revalue a coin). Objects from early modern collections sometimes bear countermarks as a sign of ownership.
Overstruck: A coin or medal used as a flan to produce a new coin and that has been struck with a new die.

Inscription

Rückseite: ΚΑΣΣ-ΩΠΑΙΩΝ

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter
19 mm
Weight
6.82 g

Literature

  • P. R. Franke, Die antiken Münzen von Epirus (1961) 68 Nr. 2,2 Taf. 5 A-A (diese Münze).
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