SO 879 - Uncertain mint imitating Amphipolis over Myrina?

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3558

167 - 149 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Macedonian shield adorned with bust of Artemis Tauropolos right, wearing stephane, draped, bow and quiver over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ Club. In field, monograms. All within oak wreath. Next to the tie, thunderbolt.

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis - pretended authority

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon - pretended authority

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:

Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province) - pretended authority

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.8515.85 g <br />15,850 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.: 4 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 97, no. 72, D. MacDonald, "Imitations of Macedonia First Meris Tetradrachms Over Myrina", Νομισματικα Χρονικα 16 ( 1997), p. 55, n° 1.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

H. Gaebler1H. Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. III, Part 1, p. 55, no. 164., O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. 1103 (imitation of this variety)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: top of head).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

M(YPINΩΝ) Apollo Grynios standing right, holding branch and phiale. In field, monogram. All within laurel wreath (visible: portion of laurel wreath, slight traces of Apollo's head).

Mint and issuing power

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

Myrina?

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Aeolis

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Sachs3Sachs, "Wreathed Coins", p. 31.

Additional data

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