3258 - Apollonia (Macedonia) (AE Dionysus/amphora) over Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy Ceraunus) (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 406, Sept. 2017, 106)
From SILVER
279 - 200 | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group EA 406 (27/09/2017), no. 106. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Belgica collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ Amphora. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Apollonia? | Ancient regionAncient region. | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 279 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 | 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: 8,56",56" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 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: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1 , H. Gaebler2 , O. D. Hoover3 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle standing right on a thunderbolt. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemy Ceraunus (member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, king of Macedon, 281-279 BC) |
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: | [[BMC 60 [Paroreia]).]]4 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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