3270 - Amphipolis (AE Strymon/trident) over Pella (Athena/bull) (MacDonald coll.)
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|Image overstriking coin=SO 909 - Amphipolis over Pella.png | |Image overstriking coin=SO 909 - Amphipolis over Pella.png | ||
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Amphipolis over Pella 909 (drawing).png | |Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Amphipolis over Pella 909 (drawing).png | ||
+ | |Image overstruck variety=Pella Athena Bull.jpg | ||
+ | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2174838&AucID=5227&Lot=304 | ||
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection | |Private collection=David MacDonald collection | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath. | |Obverse description=Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath. | ||
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|Coin reference=MacDonald 1998, p. 101, n° 5, pl. 2, n° 8. | |Coin reference=MacDonald 1998, p. 101, n° 5, pl. 2, n° 8. | ||
|Coin series reference=Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63 ; HGC 3.1, n° 334 | |Coin series reference=Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63 ; HGC 3.1, n° 334 | ||
− | |Overstruck obverse description= | + | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amphipolis_amng_iii.2.28 |
− | |Overstruck reverse legend=ΠΕΛ | + | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic crested helmet |
+ | |Overstruck reverse legend=ΠΕΛ/ΛΗΣ | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
− | |Overstruck reverse description=Bull standing right | + | |Overstruck reverse description=Bull standing right; above to right and below, monograms |
|Overstruck mint=Pella | |Overstruck mint=Pella | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
− | |Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935 | + | |Overstruck authority=Roman province of Macedonia; Roman Republic |
+ | |Overstruck date from=148 BCE | ||
+ | |Overstruck date to=31 BCE | ||
+ | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
+ | |Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, n° 14-15; Touratsoglou 1993, pl. XI.3 ; HGC 3.1, n° 15 | ||
+ | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pella_macedon.amng_iii.2.14-15 | ||
+ | |Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | ||
+ | |Level of confidence=weak | ||
+ | |Remarks=several types of bronze struck at Pella have a bull on the reverse | ||
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168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek) Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, monograms. |
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: | Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 6.626.62 g <br />6,620 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1998, p. 101, n° 5, pl. 2, n° 8. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Gaebler 19351 , HGC 3.12 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic crested helmet | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΕΛ/ΛΗΣ (Greek) Bull standing right, above to right and below, monograms |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Pella | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman province of Macedonia, Roman Republic |
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.. 31 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Gaebler 19351 , Touratsoglou 19933 , HGC 3.12 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
RemarksRemarks: | several types of bronze struck at Pella have a bull on the reverse |
References
- a b 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
- a b 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.
- ^ Touratsoglou, Ioannis (1993), The coin circulation in Ancient Macedonia (ca. 200 B.C.-268-286 A.D.), The hoard evidence, Athens, Hellenic numismatic Society, in-4°, 88 p., XIII pl.