16382 - Amphipolis (First Meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 499, Sept 2021, 134)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16382

167 BCE - 149 BCE | Greek

Images

Overstriking coin

2336 - Amphipolis over uncertain type.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, EA 499, 1 Sept 2021, lot 134. From the Sigmund Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder, all in the center of a Macedonian shield

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Greek (MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ, monogram above, two monograms below) Club right, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left

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:

Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.4517.45 g <br />17,450 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Prokopov 19941Prokopov 1994, Silver, Group II.A, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1103

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck on an earlier issue

References

^ Prokopov, Ilya (1994), The Tetradrachms of First Macedonian Region. Classification of Coins from Type Head of Artemis/Club from Coin Hoards of Bulgaria, Sofia.
^ 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.