16701 - Thessalonica (AE Silenus/legend) over uncertain type (Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 5, 17 c, lot 26)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16701

142 BCE - 141 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

2376 - Thessalonica over uncertain type.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Kölner Münzkabinett, EA 5, 17 Feb. 2019, lot 26.

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 (Greek) 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 Empire, Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 142 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 141 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.4512.45 g <br />12,450 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Gaebler 19061Gaebler 1906, n° 212 pl. 3, 8, MacKay 1968b2MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, 1117

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:

MacKay 1968b2MacKay 1968b, 5-13, esp. 8-10 pl. 3.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	The old attribution to Decimus Iunius Silanus Manlianus, Praetor (142/141 BCE) is refuted by MacKay.

References

^ Gaebler, Hugo (1906), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von F. Imhoof-Blumer. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 1. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin, 196 p.
a b MacKay, Pierre A. (1968), "Bronze Coinage in Macedonia, 168-166 B.C.", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 14, p. 5-13.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.