Olympias

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Events

Created

When	200-300 CE [About]
Where	Greece

Sold

Who	Stjepan Verković (1821-1893)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Olympias (-375--316)

Relation to places

Greece

Keywords

Animal Classical antiquity Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Gegenstempel, Erasionen u.a Gold Medaillon (ANT) Portrait Privatpersonen als Münzstand Woman

Description

Front: Verschleierter Kopf der Olympias nach r.
Rear: Schlange nach l.
Pierced: Intentional hole(s) pierced through a coin so that it can be worn on a neclace, sewn onto textiles, etc. In case of paper money such a perforation often indicates devaluation.

Inscription

Rückseite: OΛYMI/ΠIAΔ[OΣ]

Material/Technique

Gold; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 10 mm
Weight: 1.15 g

Literature

A. von Sallet, Olympias, Alexanders des Grossen Mutter, ZfN 3, 1876, 56 f. mit Zeichnung (echt).
AMNG III-1 Nr. 880 (dieses Stück, nicht echt).
H. Dressel, Fünf Goldmedaillons aus dem Funde von Abukir (1906) 32 (echt).
H. Gaebler, Zur Münzkunde Makedoniens V., ZfN 25, 1906, 13.
K. Dahmen, Alexander in Gold and Silver: Reassessing Third century AD Medallions from Aboukir and Tarsos, American Journal of Numismatics 20, 2008, 493 ff. 535 f. Nr. 13 Taf. 103 (dieses Stück, mit Lit.).