16282 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (Nomos, Obolos 7, July 2017, 46)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16282

279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

2330 - Apollonia (Macedonia) over Ptolemy Ceraunus.jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Nomos, Obolos 7, 9 July 2017, lot 46. Ex. Lanz 150 (13.12.2010) lot 98.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Amphora

Mint and issuing power

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

Apollonia (Macedonia)

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 279 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 47, n° 3, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 456

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 279 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

BMC Macedonia3BMC Macedonia, 60 (Paroreia)

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	The majority of the coins of "Apollonia" were overstrucked. As planchets were used coins issued by Ptolemy Keraunos, (SNG ANS 224-226) eldest son of Ptolemy I of Egypt, and for a limited time King of Macedon (281-279 BCE). These coins were wrongly attributed to Paroreia by misinterpretation of the monogram on the reverse.