SO 1567 - Massalia over Massalia
From SILVER
| MA
Images
Overstriking coin
Massalia_Head-Tripod_DMD_1.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
Massalia_Head-Tripod_DMD_1_drawing.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection, n°1 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head right, wearing helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MA (Greek) Tripod. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Massalia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Gallia | Modern countryModern country: France | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 1-2, no. 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΩΝ? Bull right (visible on reverse: back part) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Massalia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Gallia | Modern countryModern country: France | 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: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
