16384 - Amphipolis (First Meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (MacDonald coll., 72)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16384

167 BCE - 149 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

2337 - Macedonia First Meris on Myrina? (coll. MacDonald).jpg

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 72

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Artemis right on Macedonian shield.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ (Greek) Wreath containing club. By wreath ties, fulmen. Monograms

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Amphipolis

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:

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.8515.85 g <br />15,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1, MacDonald 2009, n° 72	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, p. 55, n° 164, MacDonald 19972MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 72, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 1103, Callataÿ 2021a5Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonia first region.amng.iii.1.156-80

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	MacDonald identifies the overstruck coin as a tetradrachm of Myrina in Ionia; it is much more likely a tetradrachm of Perseus or Athens

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.
^ MacDonald, David (1997), "Imitations of Macedonia First Meris tetradrachms over Myrina," Nomismatika Chronika 16, p. 55-61.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ 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.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.