SO 913 - Amphipolis over Thessalonica
From SILVER
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Athens, Numismatic Museum, 1920 IE 86. | |
Overstriking coin
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.: | Amphipolis | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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: 17.3417.34 g <br />17,340 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Kourempanas 2013, | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.11 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate and bearded janiform head | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘΕΣΣAΛONIKHΣ (Greek) The Dioskouroi on horseback, facing opposite directions and holding lances |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman province of Macedonia, Roman Republic |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 125 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 3.11 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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