2100 - Tralles (cistophoric tetradrachm cista/bowcase) over First Macedon (Artemis/club) (CNG, MBS 57, Apr. 2001, 440)
From SILVER
155 BCE - 145 BCE | TΡΑ
Images
Overstriking coin
Tralles_1472_CNG.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Macedonia First meris.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 57, 4 Apr. 2001, n° 440 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a snake issues to left, all within ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TΡΑ (Greek) Two snakes surrounding an ornamented bow case, strap right, containing strung bow. To right, tripod. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tralles | Ancient regionAncient region. | Lydia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Attalid Kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 145 BCE | 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.6912.69 g <br />12,690 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophoric tetradrachm | |
| StandardStandard.: Cistophoric | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Kleiner - Noe 19771Kleiner - Noe 1977, SNG von Aulock Lydien2SNG von Aulock Lydien, n° 3252 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔONΩN / ΠPΩTHΣ (Greek) Club right, monogram above, two monograms below, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Amphipolis | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province), Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 1103 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a Macedonian tetradrachm struck under Roman rule (Artemis on a shield/Club)" | ||
References
- ^ Kleiner, Fred S. - Noe, Sydney P. (1977), The early Cistophoric coinage, Numismatic Studies 14, New York, 129 p., 38 pl.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Lydien. 8 Heft (n° 2868-3328), Berlin, 1963
- ^ 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.
