SO 912 - Amphipolis over Pella
From SILVER
168 - 150 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, 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: | The Macedonians, Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.197.19 g <br />7,190 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1998, p. 102, n° 8, pl. 2, n° 11. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | H. Gaebler1H. Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. III, Part 2, Berlin, 1935, p. 35-37, no. 59-63, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. 334 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Pan right (nothing visible). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΕ(Λ)ΛΗΣ Athena Alkidemos right. In left and right fields, monograms (visible: much of Athena, spear, exergue line, traces of monograms). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Pella | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | 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. 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: | Gaebler3Gaebler, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 94, no. 4, tafel XVIII, 27, Touratsoglou4Touratsoglou, Circulation, pl. XI.6, Malloy 25 (described as over Macedonian coin with wreath around inscription)5Malloy 25 (described as over Macedonian coin with wreath around inscription), pl. I, 32-34. |
Additional data
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