147 BCE - 31 BCE | ΘEΣΣAΛONIKHΣ
Overstriking coin
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roma numismatics, EA 96, 5 May 2022, 185
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Zeus to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘEΣΣAΛONIKHΣ (Greek) Two rampant goats confronting
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thessalonica
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Roman Republic
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 147 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.138.13 g <br />8,130 mg <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Helmeted head of Athena to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΠΕΛ-ΛΗΣ (Greek) Cow grazing to right
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 187 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 167 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.
