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|Image overstriking coin=2376 - Thessalonica over uncertain type.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=2376 - Thessalonica over uncertain type.jpg | ||
|Sale=Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 5, 17 | |Sale=Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 5, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 26. | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath. | |Obverse description=Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath. | ||
|Reverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | |Reverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | ||
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|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=12.45 | |Weight=12.45 | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen, 1324-1326; Gaebler 1906, n° 212 pl. 3, 8; MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. | |Coin series reference overstruck=MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. | ||
|Remarks=The old attribution to Decimus Iunius Silanus Manlianus, Praetor (142/141 BCE) is refuted by MacKay. | |Remarks=The old attribution to Decimus Iunius Silanus Manlianus, Praetor (142/141 BCE) is refuted by MacKay. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:31, 28 May 2024
166 BCE - 165 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
2376 - Thessalonica over uncertain type.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 5, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 26. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek) Legend within ivy wreath. |
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 Empire, Roman province of Macedonia |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 166 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 165 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: 12.4512.45 g <br />12,450 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen1SNG Copenhagen, 1324-1326, Gaebler 19062Gaebler 1906, n° 212 pl. 3, 8, MacKay 1968b3MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. |
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: | MacKay 1968b3MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | The old attribution to Decimus Iunius Silanus Manlianus, Praetor (142/141 BCE) is refuted by MacKay. | ||
