3258 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 406, Sept. 2017, 106)
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− | |Sale=Classical Numismatic Group EA 406 | + | |Image overstriking coin=SO 730 - Apollonia over uncertain mint.jpg |
+ | |Image overstruck variety=Ptolemy Keraunos.jpg | ||
+ | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2406298&AucID=5952&Lot=113 | ||
+ | |Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, EA 406, 27 Sept. 2017, 106 | ||
|Private collection=Belgica collection | |Private collection=Belgica collection | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. | |Obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. | ||
|Reverse legend=AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ | |Reverse legend=AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ | ||
+ | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Amphora. | |Reverse description=Amphora. | ||
− | |Mint=Apollonia | + | |Mint=Apollonia (Macedonia) |
|Ancient region=Macedon | |Ancient region=Macedon | ||
− | |Date from=279 | + | |Date from=279 BCE |
− | |Date to=200 | + | |Date to=200 BCE |
+ | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
+ | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=8.56 | |Weight=8.56 | ||
|Diameter=23 | |Diameter=23 | ||
− | |Axis=11 | + | |Axis=11 |
− | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen | + | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 133 ; Gaebler 1935, p. 47, n° 3 ; HGC 3.1, n° 456 |
− | |Overstruck reverse description=Eagle standing right on a thunderbolt | + | |Overstruck obverse description=Laureate head of Zeus right. |
+ | |Overstruck reverse description=Eagle standing right on a thunderbolt, and it the monogram to the left of the eagle is likely a ligate NK | ||
+ | |Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint) | ||
+ | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC) | |Overstruck authority=Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC) | ||
− | |Coin series reference overstruck=BMC 60 [Paroreia]). | + | |Overstruck date from=281 BCE |
+ | |Overstruck date to=279 BCE | ||
+ | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
+ | |Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Macedonia, n° 60 [Paroreia]). | ||
+ | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread | ||
+ | |Level of confidence=strong | ||
+ | |Remarks="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" | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 15 June 2024
279 BCE - 200 BCE | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ
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 I1 , Gaebler 19352 , HGC 3.13 |
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 Macedonia4 |
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" |
References
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ BMC Macedonia