3258 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 406, Sept. 2017, 106)
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279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 406, 27 Sept. 2017, 106 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Belgica collection |
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Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Amphora. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Apollonia (Macedonia) | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 279 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.568.56 g <br />8,560 mg <br /> | 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).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I1SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 133, Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 47, n° 3, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 456 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Zeus right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, and it the monogram to the left of the eagle is likely a ligate NK |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 279 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | BMC Macedonia4BMC Macedonia, n° 60 [Paroreia]). |
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an issue of Ptolemy Keraunos (previously attributed to “Paroreia”). ... On the reverse, one can distinguish the reverse of the undertype, an eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, and it the monogram to the left of the eagle is likely a ligate NK" | ||
