3270 - Amphipolis (AE Strymon/trident) over Pella (Athena/bull) (MacDonald coll.)

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|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
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|Image overstriking coin=SO 909 - Amphipolis over Pella.png
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|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Amphipolis over Pella 909 (drawing).png
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|Image overstruck variety=Pella Athena Bull.jpg
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2174838&AucID=5227&Lot=304
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|Private collection=David MacDonald collection
 
|Obverse description=Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath.
 
|Obverse description=Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath.
 
|Reverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
 
|Reverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
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|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse description=Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, monograms.
 
|Reverse description=Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, monograms.
 
|Mint=Amphipolis
 
|Mint=Amphipolis
 
|Ancient region=Macedon
 
|Ancient region=Macedon
|Authority=The Macedonians ; Roman Republic
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|Authority=Roman Republic; Roman province of Macedonia
|Date from=168
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|Date from=148 BCE
|Date to=150
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|Date to=88 BCE
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|Period=Hellenistic
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|Metal=Bronze
 
|Weight=6.62
 
|Weight=6.62
 
|Diameter=22
 
|Diameter=22
|Axis=11 h
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|Axis=11
 
|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=H. Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. III, Part 2, Berlin, 1935, p. 35-37, no. 59-63;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. 334
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|Coin series reference=Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, 59-63 ; HGC 3.1, n° 334
|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Demeter facing, veiled (visible: outline of head and slight detail of hair and veil above forehead at left).
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amphipolis_amng_iii.2.28
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΠΕΛ(ΛΗΣ)
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|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic crested helmet
|Overstruck reverse description=Bull standing right, head lowered. Below bull and to right, monograms. In exergue, ear of grain (visible: hind legs, body, portion of head of bull, portion of monogram below bull).
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|Overstruck reverse legend=ΠΕΛ/ΛΗΣ
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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
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|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, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 94, no. 3, tafel XIX, 5; Touratsoglou, Circulation, pl. XI.3; Malloy 7, pl. I, 23-25.
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|Overstruck authority=Roman Republic; Roman province of Macedonia
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|Overstruck date from=148 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=31 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, n° 14-15; Touratsoglou 1993, pl. XI.3 ; HGC 3.1, n° 15
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pella_macedon.amng_iii.2.14-15
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Level of confidence=weak
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|Remarks=several types of bronze struck at Pella have a bull on the reverse
 
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 17 November 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3270


148 BCE - 88 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 909 - Amphipolis over Pella.png
Overstruck variety
Pella Athena Bull.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
Amphipolis over Pella 909 (drawing).png
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : 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. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 88 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: 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 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 334
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. : Pella Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, n° 14-15, Touratsoglou 19933Touratsoglou 1993, pl. XI.3, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 15
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

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. ^  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.