1320 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Aesillas (Alexander/fiscus, club and sella) (Nomos, 23, Nov. 2021, 57)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1320

80 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Thasos on Aesillas - Nomos, 23, 30 Nov. 2021, 57.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aesillas 2nd group.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Nomos, 23, 30 Nov. 2021, 57

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.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club, in the inner left field, monogram of SVR (the VR in ligature)

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. 80 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.7515.75 g <br />15,750 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 31.531.5 mm <br />3.15 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 359

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great to right, with horn of Ammon over his ear

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within wreath

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

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. 85 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.

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:

Callataÿ 1996b3Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20004Bauslaugh 2000

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck, possibly on an Athenian New Style tetradrachm, but more likely on an earlier issue of Thasos" (wrong: on Aesillas of the second group as indicated by the typical shape of the oliver wreath)