3114 - Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Andriscus) (drachma Andriscus/Heracles) over Roman denarius 147 BCE (Roma/Dioscuri) (Triton, III, Jan. 1999, 397)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3114

149 BCE - 147 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Andriscus 883.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Republican denarius of C. Terentius Lucanus 883.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triton, 3, Jan. 1999, lot 397 = Lanz, 92, 4-5 June 1999, lot 223

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Philip Andriscos right, waering diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Heracles facing, naked, holding club, a lion skin and cornucopia.

Mint and issuing power

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

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

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:

Macedonian kingdom, Philip VI Andriscus (149-148 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 149 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 147 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: 3.813.81 g <br />3,810 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Meadows - Kan 2004, p. 109, n° 119	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 1101
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/andriscus macedon.meadows kan.2004.119

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Roma r., wreathed by Victory standing r. behind her. In lower l. field, X.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

The Dioscuri galloping r., below, C·TER·LVC. In exergue, ROMA in rectangular frame

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

C. Terentius Lucanus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 147 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 147 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 147 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

RRC2RRC, n° 217/1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"bold traces of undertype still visible including the head of Roma, traces of ROMA and traces of the moneyer's name [T]ER LVC"