3258 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 406, Sept. 2017, 106)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3258

279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 730 - Apollonia over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Ptolemy Keraunos.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 406, 27 Sept. 2017, 106
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Belgica collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Amphora.

Mint and issuing power

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

Apollonia (Macedonia)

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 279 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 8.568.56 g <br />8,560 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).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I1SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 133, Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 47, n° 3, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 456

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, and it the monogram to the left of the eagle is likely a ligate NK

Mint and issuing power

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

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 279 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

BMC Macedonia4BMC Macedonia, n° 60 [Paroreia]).

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an issue of Ptolemy Keraunos (previously attributed to “Paroreia”). ... On the reverse, one can distinguish the reverse of the undertype, an eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, and it the monogram to the left of the eagle is likely a ligate NK"