3212 - Amphipolis (AE Strymon/trident) over Thessalonica (Zeus/goats) (MacDonald 1998, 6)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3212

168 BCE - 150 BCE | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 907 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica.png

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Amphipolis over Thessalonica 907 (drawing).png

Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of Strymon right, wearing reeds wreath.

Reverse:

MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek) Trident orned with dolphins. In fields, monograms.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Amphipolis

Ancient region

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

From 168 BCE to 150 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 6.466.46 g <br />6,460 mg <br />		Axis: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
Diameter: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:

MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, n° 3, pl. 1, n° 6

Coin series reference:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Gaebler 1935, p. 35-37, n° 59-63, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 1998, p. 100-1, n° 3, pl. 1, n° 6, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.1, n° 334

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (nothing visible).

Reverse:

(ΘΕΣ)Σ(Α)Λ(ΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Two confronted goats. In exergue, monogram (visible: almost all of right goat, trace of monogram).

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Thessalonica

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority ^ᵖ:

Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

From 185 BCE to 168 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Gaebler 1935, p. 118, n° 3, tafel XXII, 25, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.2, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Kourempanas 2016 n° 11
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thessalonica.kourempanas 2016.11

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	Malloy 14 (attributing host coin to Amphipolis), pl. I, 18-20.

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.
^ Kourempanas 2016 n° 11