90 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
Overstriking coin
Thasos on Aesillas - MacDonald coll., 102.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Thasos on Aesillas - MacDonald coll., 102 overstruck variety.jpg
Thasos on Aesillas - MacDonald coll., 102 overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Wreathed head of young Dionysos right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (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
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thasos
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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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
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6216.62 g <br />16,620 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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MacDonald 2009, p. 135, n° 102, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 11
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XIII [close to OBBa1], MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 135, n° 102, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 11
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of the deified Alexander the Great right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within laurel wreath
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
