3002 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (CNG, EA 221, Oct. 2009, 393): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3002

120 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Odessos 862 CNG.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 221, 28 Oct. 2009, 393.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (HΔ). In left field, ΘΕ.

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 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: 16.1616.16 g <br />16,160 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1181, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1587
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1181

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

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Prokopov 20063Prokopov 2006

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike. Could be on Maroneia as well

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.
^ 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.
^ Prokopov, Ilya (2006), Die Silberprägung der Insel Thasos und die Tetradrachmen des "thasischen Typs" vom 2.-1. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, 342 p., 118 p. of plates

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+|Image overstriking coin=Odessos 862 CNG.jpg
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=343702&AucID=617&Lot=393
+|Image overstruck variety=Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2218240&AucID=5365&Lot=9260
+|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, EA 221, 28 Oct. 2009, 393.
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
 |Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (HΔ). In left field, ΘΕ.
 |Mint=Odessus
@@ Line 16: / Line 21: @@
 |Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Attic
-|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1181.
+|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1181; HGC 3.2, n° 1587
-|Overstruck reverse legend=HRAKLE ... THROS
+|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 ancient region=Thrace
@@ Line 26: / Line 35: @@
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
 |Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Prokopov 2006
 |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
 |Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks=nb: no mention of overstrike. Could be on Maroneia as well
 }}