23197 - Amphipolis (First Meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 26, July 2023, 740)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 23197

167 BCE - 149 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, EA 26, 8 July 2023, 740.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	"From a European collection, formed before 2005"

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Artemis right on Macedonian shield

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ (Greek) Wreath containing club. By wreath ties, fulmen. Monograms

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), Roman Republic

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: 16.7616.76 g <br />16,760 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).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, p. 55, n° 164, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1103, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonia first region.amng.iii.1.156-80

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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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