149 BCE - 147 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Thessalian League 885.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Berk, 127, 25 June 2002, lot 147
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Philip Andriscos right, waering diadem.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Heracles facing, naked, holding club, a lion skin and cornucopia.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 149 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 147 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.14.1 g <br />4,100 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΕΣΣΑΛΩΝ (Greek) Athena right, wearing peplos and helmet, holding spear and shield. In field, Π-I.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 196 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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double victoriatus
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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overstruck on a double victoriatus of the Thessalian League, the head of Athena of the undertype is visible (upside down) at the bottom of the reverse
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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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
