3212 - Amphipolis (AE Strymon/trident) over Thessalonica (Zeus/goats) (MacDonald 1998, 6)
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Revision as of 19:33, 16 August 2022
168 - 150 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
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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 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: | The Macedonians, Roman Republic |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | 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.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
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: | H. Gaebler1 , O. D. Hoover2 |
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) 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: | Gaebler3 , Touratsoglou4 , Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis)5 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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