SO 758 - Amphipolis (Philip II) over uncertain type (Lanz, Nov. 2006, 12)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3651

348 BCE - 336 BCE | ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 758 - Pella or Amphipolis over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Lanz 138 (26/11/2006), lot 12.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΙΛΙΠΠOY (Greek) Yout seated on horse right, holding palm. Under the horse, trident. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis; Pella

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country:

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)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 348 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.0614.06 g <br />14,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Thraco-Macedonian (light)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 862-865

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Early imitation of the Macedonian tetradrachms from Pella (Le Rider pl. 20, 488)

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.