3212 - Amphipolis (AE Strymon/trident) over Thessalonica (Zeus/goats) (MacDonald 1998, 6)
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− | |Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935 p. 118, n° 3, tafel XXII, 25 ; Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2 ; Malloy 14, pl. I, 18-20. | + | |Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 118, n° 3, tafel XXII, 25 ; Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2 ; Malloy 14, pl. I, 18-20. |
|Remarks=Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis), pl. I, 18-20. | |Remarks=Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis), pl. I, 18-20. | ||
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168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | 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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
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: | 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, HGC 3.12HGC 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. ᵖ: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 118, n° 3, tafel XXII, 25, Touratsoglou 19933Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2, Malloy 144Malloy 14, pl. I, 18-20. |
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
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Malloy 14