SO 880 - Uncertain mint imitating Amphipolis over Myrina?
From SILVER
167 - 149 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ
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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, N and monogram. All within oak wreath. |
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: 16.6916.69 g <br />16,690 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.: 3 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. 98, no. 73, MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 2. | 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. 56, no. 167., 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, part 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 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Sachs3Sachs, "Wreathed Coins", p. 33-34, issue 20.17. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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