3318 - Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Andriscus) (drachma Andriscus/Heracles) over Thessalian League (Apollo/Athena) (Berk, 127, June 2002, 147)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3318

149 BCE - 147 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 885 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over uncertain mint.png

Overstruck variety

Thessalian League 885.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Berk, 127, 25 June 2002, lot 147

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: 4.14.1 g <br />4,100 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.:

Head right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ (Greek) Athena right, wearing peplos and helmet, holding spear and shield. In field, Π-I.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessaly (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thessaly

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

Thessalian league

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 196 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 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:

double victoriatus

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 42HGC 4, n° 210
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thessalian league.bmc.1-35

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	overstruck on a double victoriatus of the Thessalian League, the head of Athena of the undertype is visible (upside down) at the bottom of the reverse

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.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.