3746 - Thessalonica (Janus/centaurs) over Pella (Pan/Athena) (CNG, March 2000, 176)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3746

100 BCE - 75 BCE | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

747 - Thessalonica (drawing).png

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 53 (15/03/2000), lot 176.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Janus, wearing laurel wreath. Above, I (value mark). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Two centaurs rearing, facing away from one another, holding branches.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessalonica

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:

Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.456.45 g <br />6,450 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Semuncial

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2000, p. 119, n° 3, pl. I, 3.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 120-121, n° 19, SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I2SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 369-370, MacDonald 20003MacDonald 2000, p. 119, n° 3, pl. I, 3, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 741, Kourempanas 20165Kourempanas 2016, n° 17
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thessalonica.kourempanas 2016.17

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Pan right, pedum behind (visible: almost the entire outline of Pan's head and neck, part of pedum).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΛΛΗΣ (Greek) Athena Alkidamos advancing left. In filed, monograms (visible: most of the upper portion of Athena. Monogram).

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pella_macedon.amng_iii.2.4

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935,n° III.2.4, SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I2SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, 258.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pella macedon.amng iii.2.4

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
a b Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
^ MacDonald, David (2000), "Macedonian civic bronze overstrikes and circulation areas," Nomismatika chronika 19, p. 115-121
^ 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.
^ Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.