SO 734 - Pella over Thessalonica

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3333

148 BCE - 140 BCE | ΠΕΛΛΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 734 - Pella over Thessalonica.jpg

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΛΛΗΣ Bull standing right. Under his belly, monogram. In right field, monogram?

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 140 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: 9.159.15 g <br />9,150 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 84, n° 63, MacDonald, "Macedonian civic bronze overstrikes and circulation areas" (translated in Greek by A. P. Tzamalis), Nomismatika chronika 19 (2000), p. 119, no. 1 (pl. 1, 1)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

H. Gaebler1H. Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. III, Part 2, Berlin, 1935, p. 95, no. 8., O. D. Hoover2O. 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. 618

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right (visible: entire face of Dionysos from frontal hair locks to bottom of chin).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΕΣ(ΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Pegasus flying right. In field, monogram (visible: back half of Pegasus).

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:

Gaebler3Gaebler, vol 3, part 2, p. 118, no. 4.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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