16384 - Amphipolis (First Meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (MacDonald coll., 72)
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|Coin series reference=Gaebler 1906, p. 55, n° 164; MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1; MacDonald 2009, n° 72; HGC 3.1, n° 1103; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1 | |Coin series reference=Gaebler 1906, p. 55, n° 164; MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1; MacDonald 2009, n° 72; HGC 3.1, n° 1103; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1 | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 15 November 2023
167 BCE - 149 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection, n° 72 |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Artemis right on Macedonian shield. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ (Greek) Wreath containing club. By wreath ties, fulmen. 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: | Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province), Roman Republic |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.8515.85 g <br />15,850 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm ![]() |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br /> |
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1, MacDonald 2009, n° 72 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, p. 55, n° 164, MacDonald 19972MacDonald 1997, p. 55, n° 1, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, n° 72, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 1103, Callataÿ 2021a5Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | MacDonald identifies the overstruck coin as a tetradrachm of Myrina in Ionia; it is much more likely a tetradrachm of Perseus or Athens |
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.
- ^ MacDonald, David (1997), "Imitations of Macedonia First Meris tetradrachms over Myrina," Nomismatika Chronika 16, p. 55-61.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.