3361 - Pella (Roman Republic) (AE Zeus/bull) over Thessalonica (Dionysus/Pegasus) (Münz Zentrum, 174, Sept. 2015, 48)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3361


148 BCE - 31 BCE | ΠΕΛΛΗΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 733 - Pella over Thessalonica.png
Overstruck variety
Thessalonic Dionysus Pegasus.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münz Zentrum, 174, 2 Sept. 2015, 48

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΠΕΛΛΗΣ (Greek) Bull standing right. Under his belly, monogram. In right field, monogram
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Pella Ancient regionAncient region. Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece 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: Roman Republic
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I1SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 260, Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 95, n° 8, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, 2016, n° 618
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Pegasus flying right. In field, monogram (visible: back half of Pegasus).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Thessalonica Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Macedonian kingdom
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 118, n° 4, Lindgren 19934Lindgren 1993, n° 1151, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 724, Kourempanas 20165Kourempanas 2016, n° 6
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "überprägt auf: THESSALONIKE: Dionysoskopf n.r. / QE[S]-SA[-LONIKHS] Pegasos steigt n.r. AMNG 118, 4 Tf. 22, 22"

References

  1. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. ^  Lindgren, H. C. (1993), Ancient Greek Bronze coins from the Lindgren collection, Chrysopylon, Quarryville, 204 p.
  5. ^  Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.