16288 - Thessalonica (Janus/centaurs) over Thessalonica (Dionysus/goat) (MacDonald coll., 63)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 16288


100 BCE - 75 BCE | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (in two lines)

Images
Overstriking coin
2331 - Imitation of Thessalonica over Thessalonica.jpg
Overstruck variety
2331 - Thessalonica .jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
2331 - Imitation of Thessalonica over Thessalonica (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 63

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Janus, above, I. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (in two lines) (Greek) Two centaurs rearing, facing away from one another.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thessalonica Ancient regionAncient region. Macedon 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: Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.325.32 g <br />5,320 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, n° 63 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, n° 17-21, SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I2SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 350, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 63, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 741, Kourempanas 20165Kourempanas 2016, n° 17
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of young Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath. (visible: Back and top of head, other slight traces) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: [Θ]ΕΣΣΑΛ[Ο]ΝΙΚ[ΗΣ] (Greek) Goat standing right. (visible: forepart of goat)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Thessalonica Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 120, n° 15, Kourempanas 20165Kourempanas 2016, n° 2
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  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
  2. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
  3. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  4. ^  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.
  5. a b  Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.