SO 906 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3876

168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 906 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica.png

Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history

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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek) Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, monograms.

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis

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. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 6.176.17 g <br />6,170 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 1998, p. 100, n° 2, pl. 1, n° 5.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 334

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (nothing visible).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΕΣΣ(ΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Two confronted goats. In exergue, monogram (visible: heads of goats, back and tail of left goat).

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessalonica

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. 185 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, n° 3, tafel XXII, 25, Touratsoglou 19933Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2, Malloy 41. pl. I4Malloy 41. pl. I, 14-16.

Additional data

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