69 CE - 79 CEΟΥΕΣΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Traces of the overstruck variety
Amphipolis 913.png
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΟΥΕΣΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ (Greek) Emperor in military dress standing, left, holding spear (?) and parazonium, foot on prow (?)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Tyche seated, right
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Amphipolis
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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 Empire
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 69 CE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 79 CE
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Roman from 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: 17.3417.34 g <br />17,340 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate and bearded janiform head
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΕΣΣAΛONIKHΣ (Greek) The Dioskouroi on horseback, facing opposite directions and holding lances
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 125 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Kourempanas, Theodoros (2013), "A coin of Amphipolis of Imperial Roman times overstruck on a Hellenistic coin from Thessaloniki", in E. P. Sioumpara et K. Psaroudakis (éds), Themelion. 24 papers in Honor of Professor Petros Themelis from his students and colleagues, Athens, p. 209-213.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.