SO 904 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3444

142 BCE - 141 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 904 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis.jpg

Overstruck variety

Amphipolis 904.png

Traces of the overstruck variety

Amphipolis 904 (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D (Greek) Legend within ivy wreath.

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. 142 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 141 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: 9.259.25 g <br />9,250 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 1998, p. 97, MacDonald 2009, p. 87, n° 65.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, p. 169, n° 212, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1117

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of a griffin (visible: portion of helmet and beaded circle).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΜΦΙΠΟ(ΛΙΤΩΝ) (Greek) Legend and monograms within oak wreath (visible: traces of oak wreath and monogram).

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis

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. 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:

Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 34, n° 29.

Additional data

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

References

^ Gaebler, Hugo (1906), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 1. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin, 196 p.
^ 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.
^ 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