2130 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Berlin, MK, Prokesch-Osten 1875): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2130

100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Tenedos 106 Berlin Prokesch.jpg

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Prokesch-Osten 1875.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Prokesch-Osten

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TENEΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and palm tree. All within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tenedos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.414.4 g <br />14,400 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).: 3535 mm <br />3.5 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 7

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 7, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath

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. 168 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:

Prokopov 20064Prokopov 2006, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 358-359

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

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+|Image overstriking coin=Tenedos 106 Berlin Prokesch.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
 |Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Prokesch-Osten 1875.
+|Private collection=Prokesch-Osten
 |Obverse description=Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane.
 |Reverse legend=TENEΔΙΩΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and palm tree. All within laurel wreath.
 |Mint=Tenedos
-|Ancient region=Troas (Tenedos)
+|Ancient region=Troas
-|Date from=170
+|Date from=100 BCE
-|Date to=60
+|Date to=70 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=14.4
 |Diameter=35
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
-|Denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Denomination=tetradrachm
-|Standard=Attic (reduced)
+|Standard=Attic
-|Coin reference=Fr. de Callataÿ, "Un tétradrachme hellénistique surfrappé sur Thasos", SchwMünz 43 169 (1999), p. 2-4, n° 7.
+|Coin reference=Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 7
-|Coin series reference=;Fr. de Callataÿ, Guerres mythridatiques, no. 1-38, 56-69, 73-78, 80-94, 101-117.;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 390.
+|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 7; Callataÿ 1998; HGC 6, n° 390
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
+|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
+|Overstruck authority=Roman Republic
+|Overstruck date from=168 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=70 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Prokopov 2006; HGC 6, n° 358-359
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
+|Level of confidence=strong
 }}