SO 873 - Amphipolis over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3499

294 BCE - 292 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 873 - Amphipolis over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik 3 (27/10/2018), lot 68 ; Meister & Sonntag 3 (06/10/2005), lot 20.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Argyros Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Nike on a prow left, blowing a trumpet and holding a stylis. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek) Poseidon striding left, nude, a chlamys draped over his left arm, brandishing trident from his upraised right hand. To left, tripod. To right, Z above monogram. Border of dots.

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:

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (Antigonid king, 294-283 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 294 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 292 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 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.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Newell 94 (dies LXXXV/-).1Newell 94 (dies LXXXV/-)., HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1012

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

References

^ Newell 94 (dies LXXXV/-).
^ 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.