70 BCE - 50 BCE | HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
Overstriking coin
Thasos on Aesillas? - Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 477, 23 Sept. 2020, 215.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Thasos on Aesillas? - Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 477, 23 Sept. 2020, 215 overstruck variety.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 477, 23 Sept. 2020, 215 = Heritage 3020, 7 September 2012, 24934
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Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the Toliver Besson Collection. From the R. G. Collection
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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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HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Stylized Herakles standing right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm, N to inner left, legend highly degraded
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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. 70 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 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: 16.3916.39 g <br />16,390 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
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