168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin SO 906 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica.png
Overstruck variety Thessalonica_Zeus_goats_CNG_85.jpg
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Traces of the overstruck variety Amphipolis over Thessalonica 906.png
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 (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: 6.176.17 g <br />6,170 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (nothing visible).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΕΣΣ(ΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Two confronted goats. In exergue, monogram (visible: heads of goats, back and tail of left goat).
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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. 185 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Malloy 41. pl. I