3732 - Macedon (uncertain mint) (Philip II) (AE Apollo/rider) over Alyz(e)ia (London, BM - Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, n° 1)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3732


359 BCE - 294 BCE | ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY (Greek) Male character seated on horse charging right. Under the horse, spearhead or grain.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Macedonia (uncertain mint) 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: Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC), Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 294 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: 6.396.39 g <br />6,390 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 1 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Kremydi-Sicilianou 20001Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 1, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 882

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Heracles. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΛΥZAIΩΝ (Greek) Bow and quiver.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Alyz(e)ia Ancient regionAncient region.  Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: nb: strange because chronologically imossible except if the Philip bronze is a late imitation

References

  1. ^  Kremydi-Sicilianou, Sophia (2000), "Makedonia chai Akarnania : e chrese Makedonikon Chalkon gia ten kope Akarnanikon ekdoseon" (Macedonia and Acarnania : Acarnanian coins struck on Macedonian bronzes), Nomisma oto Makedoniko choro praktika v'epistemonikes synanteses ... [et al], Thessalonique, p. 61-77.
  2. ^  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.