3402 - Amphipolis (AE emperor/seated Tyche) over Thessalonica (Janiform head/Dioscuri on horses) (Athens, NM, 1920 IE 86 - Kourempanas 2013)
From SILVER
69 CE - 79 CEΟΥΕΣΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Athens, Numismatic Museum, 1920 IE 86. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΟΥΕΣΠΑϹΙΑΝΟϹ (Greek) Emperor in military dress standing, left, holding spear (?) and parazonium, foot on prow (?) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Tyche seated, right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Amphipolis | 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 Empire |
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 | Roman from 30 BC |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.3417.34 g <br />17,340 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Kourempanas 2013 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kourempanas 2013 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate and bearded janiform head | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘΕΣΣAΛONIKHΣ (Greek) The Dioskouroi on horseback, facing opposite directions and holding lances |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia |
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 | Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.1, n° 439, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Kourempanas 2016, 17 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
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.


