26432 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, 2, Oct. 2011, 229)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26432

279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Apollonia_Roma_Numismatics,_2,_2_October_2011,_229.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ptolemy Keraunos.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, 2, 2 October 2011, 229

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.777.77 g <br />7,770 mg <br />		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).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 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.

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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike