3417 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/heracles) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Ebay seller gallery perfektsionista)
From SILVER
60 BCE - 40 BCE | HIHIOHIΛIHΛΕΗΛΙΟΙ ? (sic)
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Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | HIHIOHIΛIHΛΕΗΛΙΟΙ ? (sic) (Greek) Herakles facing, head left, holding club and lion skin. In 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. 60 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 40 BCE | 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: 16.2816.28 g <br />16,280 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 61HGC 6, n° 358-360 (imitation of this variety) |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | A-ӨE (above) (Greek) Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 BCE | 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: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Thompson 19612Thompson 1961 |
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
