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

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: