3139 -Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Athens 126/125 BCE (Athena/owl) (MacDonald coll., 106)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3139

60 BCE - 40 BCE | PEΛΣΕΗΟΘΗΕΛΣΗΣEPΗΛ ? (sic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Thasos_over_Athens_MacDonald_106.jpg

Overstruck variety

2296 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Athens 126-125 BCE (MacDonald 2009, 104) overstruck variety.jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

Thasos_over_Athens_MacDonald_106_drawing.jpg

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, 106

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.:

PEΛΣΕΗΟΘΗΕΛΣΗΣEPΗΛ ? (sic) 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2003, p. 31-39, n° 3, MacDonald 2009, p. 143, n° 106

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

MacDonald 20031MacDonald 2003, p. 31-39, n° 3, Prokopov 20062Prokopov 2006, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 143, n° 106, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 359

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΘΕ (Greek) Owl standing on amphora. In field, ΕΠΙΓΕΝΗΣ-ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ

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. 126 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Thompson 19615Thompson 1961

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: