SO 875 - Pella or Amphipolis over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3736

274 BCE - 221 BCE | BA and monogram (ANTI)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BA and monogram (ANTI) (Greek) Pan standing right erecting a trophy of Galatian arms. In left field, helmet with plumes. In right field, wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella or Amphipolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 274 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 221 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: 5.495.49 g <br />5,490 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Greece II (Alpha Bank Macedonia I) 10171SNG Greece II (Alpha Bank Macedonia I) 1017, 1019, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1049

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head (Aetolos ?) right, wearing laurel or oak wreath (visible: slight remnants of hair at top and back of head).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Spearhead above jaw bone of Kalydonian boar. In left field, bunch of grapes. In field, monogram or abbreviated magistrate's name (visible: much of the outline of the spearhead spearhead).

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Aetolian League

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

BMC 43-633BMC 43-63

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Identification by Mark Fox for this overstrike and the host coin

References

^ SNG Greece II (Alpha Bank Macedonia I) 1017
^ 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.
^ BMC 43-63