3128 - Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Andriscus) (drachma Andriscus/Heracles) over Roman denarius 147 BCE (Roma/Dioscuri) (Triton, VIII, Jan. 2005, 202)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3128

149 BCE - 147 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 884 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Roman Republican denarius of C. Terentius Lucanus 884.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Tkalec, 18 Febr. 2002, lot 33 = Triton, 8, 11 Jan. 2005, lot 202 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 70, 21 Sept. 2005, lot 143 = Classical Numismatic Group, Jan. 2014, lot 186

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Philip Andriscos right, waering diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Heracles facing, naked, holding club, a lion skin and cornucopia.

Mint and issuing power

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

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

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:

Macedonian kingdom, Philip VI Andriscus (149-148 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 149 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 147 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: 3.353.35 g <br />3,350 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 1101
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/andriscus macedon.meadows kan.2004.119

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Roma r., wreathed by Victory standing r. behind her. In lower l. field, X.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

The Dioscuri galloping r., below, C·TER·LVC. In exergue, ROMA in rectangular frame

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

C. Terentius Lucanus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 147 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 147 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 147 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

RRC2RRC, n° 217/1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	David Sear: "A remarkable Macedonian regal drachm overstruck on a denarius of C. Terentius Lucanus that Crawford dates to 147 BC (the dating of which should now be revised to circa 150-148 BC). The evidence of the undertype clearly indicates a date substantially later than the downfall of the Macedonian monarchy, which had ended with the defeat of Perseus by the Roman general L. Aemilius Paullus at Pydna in June of 168 BC. The only logical explanation of the existence of a regal type apparently belonging to the 140s is that the piece represents an issue by the Macedonian pretender Andriskos (‘Philip VI’)"

References

^ 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.
^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge