3296 - Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Andriscus) (drachma Andriscus/Heracles) over uncertain type (Lanz, 162, June 2016, 62)
From SILVER
149 BCE - 147 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 886 - Uncertain mint in Macedon over uncertain mint.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lanz, 162, 6 June 2016, lot 62 = Lanz, 165, 9 Dec. 2017, lot 47. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Philip Andriscos right, waering diadem. | Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Heracles facing, naked, holding club, a lion skin and cornucopia. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Macedonian kingdom, Philip VI Andriscus (149-148 BCE) |
Chronology
| From 149 BCE to 147 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Silver
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Weight in grams: 3.873.87 g <br />3,870 mg <br /> | Denomination: drachma
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| Standard: Attic | |||
References
| Coin reference: | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1HGC 3.1, n° 1101 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
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Mint and issuing power
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Chronology
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Physical description
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | |
| Remarks: | "Überprägungsspuren" | ||
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.
