148 BCE - 31 BCE | ΠΕΛΛΗΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 733 - Pella over Thessalonica.png
Overstruck variety
Thessalonic Dionysus Pegasus.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Münz Zentrum, 174, 2 Sept. 2015, 48
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΠΕΛΛΗΣ (Greek) Bull standing right. Under his belly, monogram. In right field, monogram
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Pella
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Roman Republic
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 mg <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Pegasus flying right. In field, monogram (visible: back half of Pegasus).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 187 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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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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"überprägt auf: THESSALONIKE: Dionysoskopf n.r. / QE[S]-SA[-LONIKHS] Pegasos steigt n.r. AMNG 118, 4 Tf. 22, 22"
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References
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
- 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.
- ^ Lindgren, H. C. (1993), Ancient Greek Bronze coins from the Lindgren collection, Chrysopylon, Quarryville, 204 p.
- ^ Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.