16704 - Thessalonica (AE Silenus/legend) over uncertain type (Blue Auction, 140, 2022, lot 21)
From SILVER
| MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Blue Auction, 140, 2022, lot 21 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D (Greek) Legend within ivy wreath. |
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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, n° 212 pl. 3, 8, MacKay 1968b2MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | MacKay 1968b2MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ Gaebler, Hugo (1906), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 1. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin, 196 p.
- a b MacKay, Pierre A. (1968), "Bronze Coinage in Macedonia, 168-166 B.C.", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 14, p. 5-13.
