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|Image overstriking coin=SO 382 - Odessus over Thasos.png | |Image overstriking coin=SO 382 - Odessus over Thasos.png | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Thasos tetradrachm.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2218240&AucID=5365&Lot=9260 | |||
|Museum collection=Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 2000-2087. | |Museum collection=Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 2000-2087. | ||
|Sale=Ritter, | |Sale=Ritter, list 53, Aug. 2000, lot 512. | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin | |||
|Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ | |||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram below throne | |||
|Mint=Odessus | |Mint=Odessus | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | ||
|Date from=120 BCE | |||
|Date to=90 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Axis=12 | |Axis=12 | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1997a, p. 84-87: D13 (fin du Groupe 1) ; HGC 3.2, n° 1587 | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 8 | |||
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1181; Callataÿ 1997a, p. 84-87: D13 (fin du Groupe 1) ; HGC 3.2, n° 1587; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 8 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1181 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Wreathed head of Dionysos right. | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin | |||
|Overstruck mint=Thasos | |Overstruck mint=Thasos | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Overstruck authority=Roman Republic | |||
|Overstruck date from=160 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=90 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2218240&AucID=5365&Lot=9260 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 10:00, 13 November 2023
120 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 382 - Odessus over Thasos.png
Overstruck variety
Thasos tetradrachm.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 2000-2087. | Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ritter, list 53, Aug. 2000, lot 512. |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram below throne |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Odessus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria | 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: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.1915.19 g <br />15,190 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3535 mm <br />3.5 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 8 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1181, Callataÿ 1997a2Callataÿ 1997a, p. 84-87: D13 (fin du Groupe 1), HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1587, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 8 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Dionysos right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thasos | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
