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3860 - Thessalonica (AE Janus/centaurs) over Amphipolis (Poseidon/club) (MacDonald coll., 62)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3860


100 BCE - 75 BCE | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 746 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis.jpg
Overstruck variety
746 1 Amphipolis.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
746 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 62

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Janus, wearing laurel wreath. Above, I (value mark). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Two centaurs rearing, facing away from one another, holding branches.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thessalonica 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.936.93 g <br />6,930 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as Nomisma.org 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).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Semuncial
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2000, p. 119, n° 2, MacDonald 2009, p. 83, n° 62 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 120-121, n° 19, MacDonald 20002MacDonald 2000, p. 119, n° 2, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 83, n° 62, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 741, Kourempanas 20165Kourempanas 2016, n° 17
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Poseidon right, wearing diadem or wreath (visible: profile of Poseidon from top of head to beard, details of eye). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (ΑΜΦΙΠΟ)ΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Club and monograms within wreath (visible: traces of wreath and club).
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Roman province of Macedonia, Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 88 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 34, n° 26-27 and tafel IX.1-2.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: