2958 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over uncertain type (Hirsch, 32, Oct. 1962, 2334)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2958

90 BCE - 70 BCE | HΡAKΛEOΥΣ - ΣΩTHΡOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 394 - Thasos over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hirsch, 32, 22-24 Oct. 1962, 2334 = Hirsch, 309, 7 May 2005, 91 = Künker, 326, 7 Oct. 2019, 748 = Künker, EA 65, 23 Feb. 2021, 7028

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing tainia and wreath of ivy and fruit.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

HΡAKΛEOΥΣ - ΣΩTHΡOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing front, head to left, holding club in his right hand and lion skin draped over his left arm and shoulder

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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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: 16.7916.79 g <br />16,790 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1998, p. 114, note 45, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 14

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Groupe XIII, obv. BB7, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 359, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 14

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 (Greek) Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive 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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	Could be Aesillas