28891 - Amphipolis (First meris) (tetradrachm Artemis/club) over Amphipolis (First meris) (Artemis/club) (Naumann Numismatik, 132, Sept. 2023, 172)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28891

167 BCE - 149 BCE | MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Mac Prem Naumann Numismatik, 132, 3 Sept. 2023, 172.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Macedonia First meris.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Naumann Numismatik, 132, 3 Sept. 2023, 172

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over her shoulder, all at the center of a Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ (Greek) Club to right, above, monogram, below, two monograms, around, oak wreath with ties to left, to left of the ties, thunderbolt

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:

Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 53-59, n° 156-180, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1103
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonia first region.amng.iii.1.156-80

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over her shoulder, all at the center of a Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ (Greek) Club to right, above, monogram, below, two monograms, around, oak wreath with ties to left, to left of the ties, thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Amphipolis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 149 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 53-59, n° 156-180, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1103
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonia first region.amng.iii.1.156-80

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck"

References

a b Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
a b 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.