1362 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Athens 81/80 BCE (Athena/owl) (MacDonald 2012)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1362


80 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Thasos on Athens - MacDonald 2012.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Thasos on Athens - MacDonald 2012 overstruck variety.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
Thasos on Athens - MacDonald 2012 overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Mac Donald coll.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club, in the inner left field, monogram
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thasos Ancient regionAncient region. Thrace 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
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0817.08 g <br />17,080 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 17 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XIII [close to OBBd1], Callataÿ 20122Callataÿ 2012, MacDonald 20123MacDonald 2012, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 17

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΜΦΙΑΣ ΟΙΝΟΦΙΛΟΣ (Greek) Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive wreath
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 81 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Thompson 19615Thompson 1961, n° 1188
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Prokopov, Ilya (2006), Die Silberprägung der Insel Thasos und die Tetradrachmen des "thasischen Typs" vom 2.-1. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, 342 p., 118 p. of plates
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2012), “A Thasian type tetradrachm with the legend ΘΡΑΚΩΝ overstruck on an Athenian stephanephoros tetradrachm of ΑΠΕΛΛΙΚΩΝ ΓΟΡΓΙΑΣ (88/87 BC) and its consequences for the Thasian-type coinage”, in E. Paunov and S. Filipova (eds.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Veliko Tarnovo, Faber Publ., p. 307-321.
  3. ^  MacDonald, David (2012), "ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΡΑΚΩΝ tetradrachms die links and dating," in Evgeni Paunov (ed.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Veloko Tarnovo, p. 323-339.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
  5. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.