SO 904 - Thessalonica over Amphipolis
From SILVER
142 - 141 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D
Images
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D Legend within ivy wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thessalonica | 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 |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 142 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 141 | 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: 9.259.25 g <br />9,250 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, "Overstrikes of Macedonian Bronze Coins: 1. Overstrikes and the Date of the Macedonia Silenos/Ethnikon Issue. 2. Imitation Macedonian Bronzes Overstruck on Pella and Thessalonika", Νομισματικα Χρονικα 17 (1998), p. 97., D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 87, no. 65. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. 1117 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of a griffin (visible: portion of helmet and beaded circle). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΜΦΙΠΟ(ΛΙΤΩΝ) Legend and monograms within oak wreath (visible: traces of oak wreath and monogram). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Amphipolis | 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: | Gaebler2Gaebler, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 34, no. 29. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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