SO 427 - Uncertain mint imitating Thasos over Athens

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3334


168 - 80 | HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣIΩΝ

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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D. MacDonald collection

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.: HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣIΩΝ 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 - pretended mint (imitation) Ancient regionAncient region. Thrace - pretended area or imitation from Thrace? Modern countryModern country: 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. 168 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.815.8 g <br />15,800 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
StandardStandard.: Attic (reduced)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 141, no. 104 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 358-360 (imitation of this variety)

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet (visible: two short segments of beaded border, slight traces of helmet). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΘΕ Owl standing on amphora. In field, eagle standing on thunderbolt right and KAΛΛΙΚΡΑ ΕΠΙΓΕΝΗ ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ (visible: slight traces of wreath. In field, most of eagle and letters).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Athens Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Thompson2Thompson, New Style, p. 173-174, no. 441-443a
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ O. D. Hoover 
  2. ^ Thompson