26436 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 239, Aug. 2010, 37)
From SILVER
279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 239, 25 August 2010, 37 | |
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.207.2 g <br />7,200 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 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.
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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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
