3092 - Colophon (Philip III) (stater Athena/Nike) over Philip III (Athena/Nike) (Hess-Divo, 320, Oct. 2011, 118)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3092

323 BCE - 319 BCE | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexander_III_Hess-Divo,_320,_26_Oct._2011,_118.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander III Hess-Divo, 320, 26 Oct. 2011, 118.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hess-Divo, 320, 26 Oct. 2011, 118.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with snake

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Nike standing left, holding stylis and wreath. In left field, tripod.

Mint and issuing power

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

Colophon

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC), Macedonian kingdom, Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 319 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Gold	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.568.56 g <br />8,560 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, p. 250, n° P41
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.P41

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with snake

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Nike standing left, holding stylis and wreath. In left field, tripod.

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:

Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 319 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Price 19911Price 1991

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren auf Rv." (nb: very close from a double strike but not a double strike)

References

a b Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.