SO 911 - Amphipolis over Pella
From SILVER
168 - 150 | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, 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: | The Macedonians, Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 | 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: 7.447.44 g <br />7,440 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).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 1998, p. 101-2, n° 7, pl. 2, n° 10. | 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. 35-37, no. 59-63, 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. 334 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Poseidon right, wearing taenia (visible: back of head and locks of hair). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (ΠΕΛ)ΛΗ(Σ) Bull standing right, head raised. Below bull and to right, monograms (visible: forepart and forelegs of bull, traces of belly and hind legs, traces of monogram below bull). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Pella | 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, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 94-95, no. 5, tafel XVIII, 29, Touratsoglou4Touratsoglou, Circulation, pl. XI.5, Malloy 36 (described as over Thessalonika)5Malloy 36 (described as over Thessalonika), pl. I, 29-31. |
Additional data
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