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|Image overstriking coin=SO 888 - Thessalonica over Athens.png | |Image overstriking coin=SO 888 - Thessalonica over Athens.png | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Athens Niketes Dionysiou.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1887581&AucID=4418&Lot=233 | |||
|Museum collection=Budapest, 61.953/4. | |Museum collection=Budapest, 61.953/4. | ||
|Obverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | |Obverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | ||
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|Date to=70 BCE | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
|Period=hellenistic | |Period=hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.87 | |Weight=16.87 | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference=Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O12-R65) ; HGC 3.1, n° 1110 | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 7 | ||
|Coin series reference=Bauslaugh 1987, 16–20; Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O12-R65) ; HGC 3.1, n° 1110; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 7 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonians_aesillas_bauslaugh.2000.i-vi | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ-ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ | |Overstruck reverse legend=ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ-ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ | ||
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|Overstruck mint=Athens | |Overstruck mint=Athens | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck date from=98 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=97 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961, n° 951; HGC 4, n° 1602 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks=overstruck on the issue ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ-ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ dated 98/97 BC | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 15 November 2023
95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | AESILLAS Q
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 888 - Thessalonica over Athens.png
Overstruck variety
Athens Niketes Dionysiou.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Budapest, 61.953/4. | |
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 periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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: 16.8716.87 g <br />16,870 mg <br /> | 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: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 7 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bauslaugh 19871Bauslaugh 1987, 16–20, Bauslaugh 20002Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O12-R65), HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 1110, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 7 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ-ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ (Greek) 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. 98 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 97 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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: | Thompson 19615Thompson 1961, n° 951, HGC 46HGC 4, n° 1602 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | overstruck on the issue ΝΙΚΗΤΗΣ-ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ dated 98/97 BC | ||
References
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (1987), "Two unpublished overstrikes: new style Athens and Aesillas the Quaestor," American Numismatic Society. Museum notes 32, p. 11-21
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 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.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
