SO 759 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over Alyz(e)ia
From SILVER
359 - 294 | ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY Male character seated on horse charging right. Under the horse, spearhead or grain. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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: | Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 294 | hellenistic 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: 6,39",39" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | S. Kremydi-Sicilianou, "Makedonia chai Akarnania : e chrese Makedonikon Chalkon gia ten kope Akarnanikon ekdoseon (Macedonia and Acarnania : Acarnanian coins struck on Macedonian bronzes)", Nomisma oto Makedoniko choro praktika v'epistemonikes synanteses ... [et al], Thessalonique, 2000, p. 61-77, no. 1. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. 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. 882 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Heracles. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΥZAIΩΝ Bow and quiver. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Alyz(e)ia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Acarnania | 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
