1859 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer 1900)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1859


100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Tenedos 107 Berlin Lambros.jpg
Overstruck variety
Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Imhoof-Blumer 1900. Sale(s)Sale(s) : Lambros (Athens).

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TENEΔΙΩΝ Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and lyra. All within laurel wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Tenedos Ancient regionAncient region. Troas Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3737 mm <br />3.7 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic (reduced)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8, Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a), Imhoof-Blumer 1883, p. 269. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed head of Dionysos right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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 : HGC 63HGC 6, n° 358-359
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1993), “Un tétradrachme hellénistique de Ténédos surfrappé sur Thasos”, Schweizer Münzblätter, 43 (169), p. 2-4.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.
  3. a b  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.