16384 - Amphipolis (First Meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over uncertain type (MacDonald coll., 72)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16384

167 BCE - 149 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΟΤΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

2337 - Macedonia First Meris on Myrina? (coll. MacDonald).jpg

Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

2337 - Myrina? (drawing).jpg

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonia first region.amng.iii.1.156-80

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, magistrates' names in fields

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

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. 196 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 148 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 45HGC 4, n° 1602
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/athens.thompson 1961.50-55

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ 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.