SO 904 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3444

142 BCE - 141 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 904 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis.jpg

Overstruck variety

Amphipolis 904.png

Traces of the overstruck variety

Amphipolis 904 (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D (Greek) Legend within ivy wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessalonica

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:

Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 142 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 141 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.259.25 g <br />9,250 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 1998, p. 97, MacDonald 2009, p. 87, n° 65.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, p. 169, n° 212, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1117

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of a griffin (visible: portion of helmet and beaded circle).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΜΦΙΠΟ(ΛΙΤΩΝ) (Greek) Legend and monograms within oak wreath (visible: traces of oak wreath and monogram).

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis

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:

Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 34, n° 29.

Additional data

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

References

^ Gaebler, Hugo (1906), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 1. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin, 196 p.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
^ 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

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-|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
+|Image overstriking coin=SO 904 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Amphipolis 904 (drawing).jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Amphipolis 904.png
+|Private collection=David MacDonald collection
 |Obverse description=Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath.
 |Reverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Legend within ivy wreath.
 |Mint=Thessalonica
 |Ancient region=Macedon
-|Authority=Roman Republic
+|Authority=Roman Republic; Roman province of Macedonia
-|Date from=142
+|Date from=142 BCE
-|Date to=141
+|Date to=141 BCE
-|Weight=9,25
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
+|Weight=9.25
 |Diameter=23
-|Axis=1 h
+|Axis=1
-|Coin reference=D. MacDonald, "Overstrikes of Macedonian Bronze Coins: 1. Overstrikes and the Date of the Macedonia Silenos/Ethnikon Issue. 2. Imitation Macedonian Bronzes Overstruck on Pella and Thessalonika", Νομισματικα Χρονικα 17 (1998), p. 97. ; D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 87, no. 65.
+|Coin reference=MacDonald 1998, p. 97 ; MacDonald 2009, p. 87, n° 65.
-|Coin series reference=O. 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. 1117
+|Coin series reference=Gaebler 1906, p. 169, n° 212 ; HGC 3.1, n° 1117
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of a griffin (visible: portion of helmet and beaded circle).
 |Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΜΦΙΠΟ(ΛΙΤΩΝ)
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Legend and monograms within oak wreath (visible: traces of oak wreath and monogram).
 |Overstruck mint=Amphipolis
 |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 34, no. 29.
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 34, n° 29.
 }}