3736 - Macedonia (uncertain mint) (Antigonus Gonatas) (AE Athena/Pan & trophy) over Aetolia (uncertain mint) (Aetolian league) (Apollo/spearhead & jawbone) (private coll.)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3736

274 BCE - 221 BCE | BA and monogram (ANTI)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 875 - Pella or Amphipolis over uncertain mint.png

Overstruck variety

Aetolian_league_apollo_spearhead.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Private coll. (info DMD)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BA and monogram (ANTI) (Greek) Pan standing right erecting a trophy of Galatian arms. In left field, helmet with plumes. In right field, wreath.

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:

Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 274 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 221 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.495.49 g <br />5,490 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 1049
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/antigonus ii panagopoulou.9.8.3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Apollo right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AITΩ/ ΛΩN (Greek) Spearhead above jaw bone of Kalydonian boar. In left field, bunch of grapes. In field, monogram or abbreviated magistrate's name (visible: much of the outline of the spearhead spearhead).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Aetolia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Aetolia

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Aetolian League

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.. 229 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Tsangari 20072Tsangari 2007, BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien3BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n° 582/9
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aetolian league.tsangari 2007.148-331 349-448 521-558

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Identification by Mark Fox for this overstrike and the host coin" (DMD)

References

^ 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.
^ Tsangari, Dimitra (2007) Corpus des monnaies d’or, d’argent et de Bronze de la confédération étolienne, Athens, 507 p. : illustrations.
^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.