3212 - Amphipolis (AE Strymon/trident) over Thessalonica (Zeus/goats) (MacDonald 1998, 6)

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 907 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica.png
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|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Amphipolis over Thessalonica 907 (drawing).png
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|Image overstruck variety=Thessalonica Zeus goats CNG 85.jpg
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8814442
 
|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
 
|Private collection=D. 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=168 BCE
|Date to=150
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|Date to=150 BCE
|Weight=6,46
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|Period=Hellenistic
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|Metal=Bronze
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|Weight=6.46
 
|Diameter=20
 
|Diameter=20
|Axis=9 h
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|Axis=9
|Coin reference=MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, n° 3, pl. 1, n° 6.
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|Coin reference=Malloy 14, pl. I, 18-20; MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, n° 3, pl. 1, n° 6
|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 ; MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, 3, pl. 1, n° 6; HGC 3.1, 334
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (nothing visible).
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (nothing visible).
 
|Overstruck reverse legend=(ΘΕΣ)Σ(Α)Λ(ΟΝΙΚΗΣ)
 
|Overstruck reverse legend=(ΘΕΣ)Σ(Α)Λ(ΟΝΙΚΗΣ)
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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Two confronted goats. In exergue, monogram (visible: almost all of right goat, trace of monogram).
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Two confronted goats. In exergue, monogram (visible: almost all of right goat, trace of monogram).
 
|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica
 
|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 118, no. 3, tafel XXII, 25; Touratsoglou, Circulation, pl. IX.2; Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis), pl. I, 18-20.
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|Overstruck date from=185 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=168 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 118, 3, tafel XXII, 25 ; Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2
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|Remarks=Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis), pl. I, 18-20.
 
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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3212


168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 907 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica.png
Overstruck variety
Thessalonica Zeus goats CNG 85.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
Amphipolis over Thessalonica 907 (drawing).png
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D. 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 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: 6.466.46 g <br />6,460 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Malloy 14, pl. I, 18-20, MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, n° 3, pl. 1, n° 6 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63, MacDonald 19982MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, n° 3, pl. 1, n° 6, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 334

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (nothing visible). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (ΘΕΣ)Σ(Α)Λ(ΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Two confronted goats. In exergue, monogram (visible: almost all of right goat, trace of monogram).
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 185 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 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, p. 118, n° 3, tafel XXII, 25, Touratsoglou 19934Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis), pl. I, 18-20.

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. ^  MacDonald, David (1998), "Overstrikes of Macedonian bronze coins," Nomismatika Chronika 17, p. 97-107.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  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.