2336 - Massalia (AE Athena/tripod) over Massalia (Apollo/bull) (MacDonald coll., 1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2336

210 BCE - 150 BCE | MA

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n°1.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of Athena to right, wearing helmet.

Reverse:

MA (Greek) Tripod.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Massalia

Ancient region

Gallia

Modern country: France

Authority:

Chronology

From 210 BCE to 150 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze

References

Coin reference:	MacDonald 2009, p. 1-2, n° 1.	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1De la Tour 1892, n°1914 var., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 2009, p. 1-2, n° 1, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Feugère - Py 2011, GBM 23-7.
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/massalia py feugere 2011 gbm.23-7

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Apollo to left (visible on obverse).

Reverse:

ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΗΤΩΝ (Greek) Bull right (visible on reverse: back part and -ΑΣΣΑ-)

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Massalia

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gallia

Modern country: France

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 275 BCE to 210 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Feugère - Py 2011, GBM.13, PBM.28.
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/massalia py feugere 2011 gbm.13.pbm.28

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidence:
Remarks:

References

^ De la Tour, Henri (1892), Atlas de monnaies Gauloises, Paris, Librairie Plon.
^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
a b Feugère, Michel - Py, Michel (2011), Dictionnaire des monnaies découvertes en Gaule méditerranéenne (530-27 av. notre ère), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 2011, 719 p.