SO 903 - Thessalonica over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3565

142 BCE - 141 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay seller Felicitas.Perpetua, 17 Oct. 2019

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Silenos facing, wearing ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ D (Greek) Legend within ivy wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessalonica

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:

Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 142 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 141 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: 11.511.5 g <br />11,500 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

MacKay 1978a1MacKay 1978a, n° 8, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1117.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right.

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

^ MacKay 1978a
^ 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.