Æ22 Countermarked
Features
| Issuer |
Tomis
(Thrace)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 200 BC - 101 BC |
| Currency | Drachm |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 7.90 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered, Countermarked |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 194306 |
| References | AMNG I-II# 2464 Behrendt Pick, Kurt Regling, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer (ed.); 1910. Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands / Band 1.2. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien: die Münzen von Odessos und Tomis. Georg Reimer, Berlin, Germany. Oliver D. Hoover; 2017. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 2. Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Laureate head of Zeus right; countermark: radiate wheel of four spokes.
Reverse
Two horse protomes to right; TOMI below; two stars above.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
TO MI
ΓΡ
Mint
Tomis, Thrace, modern-day Constanța, RomaniaComments
Examples of this type:
• Example #1 (7.90g, 22mm, 12h; Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Privately purchased in Munich, July 1996.
◦ From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 320. Sold for 120 GBP.
• Example #2 (7.87 g, 20mm, 11h; Very Fine, toned):
© Image courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group
◦ Privately purchased in Munich, July 1996.
◦ From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 10199.
◦ Auctioned by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 214, 15 July 2009, lot 66. Estimated at 75 USD.
• Example #1 (7.90g, 22mm, 12h; Very Fine):
© Image courtesy of Roma Numismatics Limited
◦ Privately purchased in Munich, July 1996.
◦ From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
◦ Auctioned by Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 320. Sold for 120 GBP.
• Example #2 (7.87 g, 20mm, 11h; Very Fine, toned):
© Image courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group
◦ Privately purchased in Munich, July 1996.
◦ From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 10199.
◦ Auctioned by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 214, 15 July 2009, lot 66. Estimated at 75 USD.
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