SO 759 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over Alyz(e)ia

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3732

359 BCE - 294 BCE | ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY (Greek) Male character seated on horse charging right. Under the horse, spearhead or grain.

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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:

Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 294 BCE

hellenistic 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: 6.396.39 g <br />6,390 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 1.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 882

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Heracles.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛΥZAIΩΝ (Greek) Bow and quiver.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alyz(e)ia

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Acarnania

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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