SO 873 - Amphipolis over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3499

294 - 292 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik 3 (27/10/2018), no. 68; Meister & Sonntag 3 (06/10/2005), no. 20.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Argyros Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Nike on a prow left, blowing a trumpet and holding a stylis. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Poseidon striding left, nude, a chlamys draped over his left arm, brandishing trident from his upraised right hand. To left, tripod. To right, Z above monogram. Border of dots.

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:

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (Antigonid king, 294-283 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 294 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 292

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: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 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.: 5 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Newell 94 (dies LXXXV/-).1Newell 94 (dies LXXXV/-)., 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. 1012

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

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:

Additional data

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