3313 - Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Andriscus) (drachma Andriscus/Heracles) over uncertain type (Rauch, 87, Dec. 2010, 109)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3313

149 BCE - 147 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 882 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Rauch, 87, 8 Dec. 2010, lot 109 = Tkalec, 29 Febr. 2012, lot 78

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: 4.244.24 g <br />4,240 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		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.:

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Unknown mint, probably army mint in Macedonia or Thessaly. Probably the fourth known specimen.

References

^ 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.