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26434 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 328, June 2014, 70)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26434


279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Apollonia_Classical_Numismatic,_EA_328,_11_June_2014,_70.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ptolemy Keraunos.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 328, 11 June 2014, 70

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Amphora
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Apollonia (Macedonia) 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. 279 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.018.01 g <br />8,010 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 47, n° 3, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 456

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Zeus right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 279 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Macedonia3BMC Macedonia, 60 (Paroreia)
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "traces of an undertype on obverse"