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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3319

198 BCE - 197 BCE | AΘE

Images

Overstriking coin

76b.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Boeotian League on Antigonos Gonatas - Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228 overstruck variety.jpg [2]

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora, Γ-354

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘE (Greek) Amphora. In field, owl. All within olive wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region.

Attica

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. 198 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 197 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: 6.856.85 g <br />6,850 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kleiner 1976, p. 14, no. 63, Kroll 1993, n°76b	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1923-19261Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 25, n°15-21, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°76, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1702
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll 1993.76

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

B-A on either side of Pan erecting trophy

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:

Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 277 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 239 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG Copenhagen 34SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1205, Kroll 19932Kroll 1993, n°507, HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 1049, Panagopoulou 20206Panagopoulou 2020, 9.8.3
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antigonus ii panagopoulou.9.8.3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Antigonos Gonatas (507)"

References

^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1923-1926), Les monnaies d'Athenes, Munich, F. Bruckmann, xix + 114 p. and 39 pl.
a b Kroll, John H. (1993), The Greek coins, Athenian Agora vol. 26, Princeton, xxvi + 376 p., 36 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
^ 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.
^ Panagopoulou, Katerina (2020), The Early Antigonids. Coinage, Money, and the Economy, New York, ANS, xlv, 390 p., 63 pl.

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+|Image overstruck variety=Boeotian League on Antigonos Gonatas - Solidus Numismatik, 85, 21 Sept. 2021, 228 overstruck variety.jpg
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 |Archaeological context=Athenian Agora, Γ-354
 |Obverse description=Head of Zeus right.
 |Reverse legend=AΘE
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Amphora. In field, owl. All within olive wreath.
 |Mint=Athens
 |Ancient region=Attica
-|Date from=198
+|Date from=198 BCE
-|Date to=197
+|Date to=197 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=6.85
 |Diameter=20
-|Axis=6 h
+|Axis=6
-|Coin reference=J. H. Kroll and A. S. Walker, "The Greek Coins", The Athenian Agora, vol. 26, 1993, no. 76b.
+|Coin reference=Kleiner 1976, p. 14, no. 63; Kroll 1993, n°76b
-|Coin series reference=J. N. Svoronos, Trésor de la numismatique grecque ancienne : les monnaies d'Athènes, Munich, 1923-1926, p. 25, no. 15-21.;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Greece. Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris, and Corinthia. Sixth to Fisrt Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4, Lancaster-London, 2014, no. 1702
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1923-1926, p. 25, n°15-21; Kroll 1993, n°76; HGC 4, n° 1702
-|Overstruck authority=Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC)
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.kroll_1993.76
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet.
+|Overstruck reverse description=B-A on either side of Pan erecting trophy
+|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint)
+|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
+|Overstruck authority=Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC); Macedonian kingdom
+|Overstruck date from=277 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=239 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1205; Kroll 1993, n°507; HGC 3.1, n° 1049; Panagopoulou 2020, 9.8.3
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antigonus_ii_panagopoulou.9.8.3
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="overstruck on Antigonos Gonatas (507)"
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