3612 - Amphipolis (First meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (Heritage, 3045, Jan. 2016, 32074)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3612

167 - 149 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3045 (12/01/2016), no. 32074.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Macedonian shield adorned with bust of Artemis Tauropolos right, wearing stephane, draped, bow and quiver over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ Club. In field, monogram. All within oak wreath. Next to the tie, thunderbolt.

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:

Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149

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: 17.8517.85 g <br />17,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Ashmolean 3290–32921SNG Ashmolean 3290–3292, H. Gaebler2H. Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. III, Part 2, Berlin, 1935, p. 53-59, no. 156-180, O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 1103

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Additional data

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