88 BCE - 31 BCE | AMΦIΠO-ΛITΩN
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Ebay, seller ancientcoinmarket, July 26, 2019
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus r. wearing a laurel wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AMΦIΠO-ΛITΩN (Greek) Prow of a ship to r. with a monster as acrostolion
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Amphipolis
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.824.82 g <br />4,820 mg <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.722.7 mm <br />2.27 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY (Greek) Centaur advancing right, playing lyre
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 182 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
