279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ
Overstriking coin
2330 - Apollonia (Macedonia) over Ptolemy Ceraunus.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Nomos, Obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 46. Ex. Lanz 150 (13.12.2010) lot 98.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Amphora
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Apollonia (Macedonia)
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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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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 279 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Zeus right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 279 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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The majority of the coins of "Apollonia" were overstrucked. As planchets were used coins issued by Ptolemy Keraunos, (SNG ANS 224-226) eldest son of Ptolemy I of Egypt, and for a limited time King of Macedon (281-279 BCE). These coins were wrongly attributed to Paroreia by misinterpretation of the monogram on the reverse.
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References
- ^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ BMC Macedonia
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