SO 733 - Pella over Thessalonica

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3361

148 BCE - 140 BCE | ΠΕΛΛΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münz Zentrum 174 (02/09/2015), lot 48.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΛΛΗΣ (Greek) Bull standing right. Under his belly, monogram. In right field, monogram?

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Pella

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. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 140 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG 3.1 n° 2601SNG 3.1 n° 260, Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 95, n° 8, Hoover3Hoover, 2016, n° 618

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ Pegasus grazing right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Thessalonica

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:

AMNG 1184AMNG 118, 4 Tf. 22, 22, SNG Cop. 3515SNG Cop. 351, SNG ANS 776.6SNG ANS 776.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ SNG 3.1 n° 260
^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
^ Hoover
^ AMNG 118
^ SNG Cop. 351
^ SNG ANS 776.