3435 - Thessalonica (Aesillas) (tetradrachm Alexander/club) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Schulten, Oct. 1987, 140 = RBW coll.): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3435

95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔONΩΝ | AESILLAS Q

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 390 - Thessalonica over Thasos.jpg

Overstruck variety

Athens Mikion Euryklei.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Schulten, 20-22 Oct. 1987, lot 140
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Rick Witschonke collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

MAKEΔONΩΝ (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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.7216.72 g <br />16,720 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 2	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O7-R36), HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1110, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 2
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonians aesillas bauslaugh.2000.i-vi

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}

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:

Thompson 19614Thompson 1961

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	overstruck on Athens, not on Thasos; issue not identifiable

References

^ 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.

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+|Overstruck reverse description=Owl on amphora.
+|Overstruck mint=Athens
+|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
+|Overstruck date from=166 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=70 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=weak
+|Remarks=overstruck on Athens, not on Thasos; issue not identifiable
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