SO 874 - Pella over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3493

274 BCE - 221 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 874 - Pella over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 366 (13/01/2016), lot 433 ; Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 860211 (12/2009) ; Freeman & Sear 2 (31/01/1996), lot 27.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Leonidion collection ; H. and J. Ringer collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Macedonian shield with horned head of Pan left, lagobolon over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing left, holding shield decorated with aegis, brandishing thunderbolt. To left, crested Macedonian helmet. To right, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella

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)

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.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.1517.15 g <br />17,150 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Alpha Bank 986-81SNG Alpha Bank 986-8, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1042

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

^ SNG Alpha Bank 986-8
^ 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.