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3073 - Argos (AE Apollo/wolf) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (M&M, 23, Oct. 2007, 145)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3073


330 BCE - 300 BC | ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, 23, 18 Oct. 2007, 145.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΡΓΕΙΩΝ (Greek) Wolf standing right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Argos Amphilochicum Ancient regionAncient region. Peloponnesus 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BC Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.875.87 g <br />5,870 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=409329 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, n°1-7, LHS 96 20062LHS 96 2006, n°1128, HGC 53HGC 5, n° 701 var.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Rider galloping to right.
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC), Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 356 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG München 10-11 (Makedonien: Könige)4SNG München 10-11 (Makedonien: Könige), n° 141 sq.
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: weak
RemarksRemarks: "uberprägt auf eine Bronze des Philipp II. (Typ SNG München 141ff.)"