168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (N…ΔEO…)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (N…ΔEO…) (Greek) Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, monograms.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Amphipolis
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.777.77 g <br />7,770 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Malloy, 18. pl. I, 11-13, MacDonald 1998, p. 100, n° 1, pl. 1, n° 4
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63, MacDonald 19982MacDonald 1998, p. 100, n° 1, pl. 1, n° 4, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 334
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: slight traces).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(Θ)ΕΣ(ΣΑΛΟ)ΝΙΚΗΣ (Greek) Pegasos right. In right field, ear of grain.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Thessalonica
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- a b Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
- ^ MacDonald, David (1998), "Overstrikes of Macedonian bronze coins," Nomismatika Chronika 17, p. 97-107.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Touratsoglou, Ioannis (1993), The coin circulation in Ancient Macedonia (ca. 200 B.C.-268-286 A.D.), The hoard evidence, Athens, Hellenic numismatic Society, in-4°, 88 p., XIII pl.
