2944 - Thessalonica (AE Janus/centaurs) over Thessalonica (Dionysus/goat) (Veria, Archaeological Museum)

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100 BCE - 75 BCE | ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Thessalonica over Thessalonica, Veria.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Thessalonica_Dionysus-Goat.jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collection: Veria, Archaeological Museum.

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Janus, wearing laurel wreath. Above, I (value mark). Reverse: ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Two centaurs rearing, facing away from one another, holding branches.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Thessalonica Ancient region Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority: Roman Republic
Chronology
From 100 BCE to 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Denomination: As
Standard: Semuncial
References
Coin reference: Kourempanas 2015, p. 395-397, n° 3 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Gaebler 1935, p. 120-121, n° 19, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 350, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.1, n° 741, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Kourempanas 2016, n° 17
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Dionysus right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Goat standing right.
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Thessalonica Ancient region ᵖ Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 148 BCE to 31 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org 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.]]1Gaebler 1935, p. 120, n° 15, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Kourempanas 2016, n° 2
Coin series web reference overstruck:

References

  1. 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
  2. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
  3. ^  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.
  4. a b  Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.