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2083 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Münzhandlung, 10, March 1938, 309)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2083


100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Tenedos_108_Cederlind+.jpg
Overstruck variety
Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzhandlung, 10, 15-16 March 1938, n° 309 = Glendining, 18-20 Apr. 1955, n° 477 = Kricheldorf, 28-29 May 1956, n° 1075 = Cederlind, 97, Winter 1993, n° 105

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 (Greek) Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and eagle. 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: 16.4216.42 g <br />16,420 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 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 11, Callataÿ 1998, p. 102, pl. 24 (11/D7-R1a) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 11, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, p. 102, pl. 24 (11/D7-R1a), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath 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 : Prokopov 20064Prokopov 2006, 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: