16384 - Amphipolis (First Meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (MacDonald coll., 72): Difference between revisions
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|Mint= | |Mint=Amphipolis | ||
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|Authority=Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province); Roman Republic | |Authority=Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province); Roman Republic | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 24 May 2023
167 BCE - 149 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection, n° 72 |
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.8515.85 g <br />15,850 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1, MacDonald 2009, n° 72 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, p. 55, n° 164, MacDonald 19972MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 72, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 1103 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, magistrates' names in fields |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 196 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 148 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 45HGC 4, n° 1602 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
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References
- ^ Gaebler, Hugo (1906), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 1. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin, 196 p.
- ^ MacDonald, David (1997), "Imitations of Macedonia First Meris tetradrachms over Myrina," Nomismatika Chronika 16, p. 55-61.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
