3495 - Thessalonica (Aesillas) (tetradrachm Alexander/club) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Monnaies d’Antan, 23, May 2018, 497)
From SILVER
95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | AESILLAS Q
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Monnaies d’Antan (Bruxelles), 23, 19 May 2018, lot 497 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | F. Febrer collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right. Behind head, Θ. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AESILLAS Q (Latin) Fiscus, club and sella curulis. All within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. | Macedon | 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: | Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), Roman Republic |
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.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver |
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: | Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1110 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Owl on amphora. |
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. 166 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
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 19613Thompson 1961 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
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