SO 910 - Amphipolis over Pella

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3041

168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Traces of the overstruck variety

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 right field, triskeles (?).

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: 8.58.5 g <br />8,500 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).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 1998, p. 101, n° 6, pl. 2, n° 9.

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.:

Bust of Demeter facing, veiled (visible: slight traces of top of head).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΛ(ΛΗΣ) Bull standing right, head lowered. Below bull and to right, monograms. In exergue, ear of grain (visible: rump, hind legs, and most of body of bull).

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella

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 19351Gaebler 1935, n° 3, tafel XIX, 5, Touratsoglou 19933Touratsoglou 1993, pl. XI.3, Malloy 284Malloy 28, pl. I, 26-28.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Malloy 28 (described as over Pella Poseidon/Bull type, but on that type the bull's head is raised), pl. I, 26-28.

References

a b 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
^ 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.
^ Touratsoglou, Ioannis (1993), The coin circulation in Ancient Macedonia (ca. 200 B.C.-268-286 A.D.), The hoard evidence, Athens, Hellenic numismatic Society, in-4°, 88 p., XIII pl.
^ Malloy 28