1352 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1352

90 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 = Tallent & Belzberg Collections
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	coll. Rick Witschonke

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club, in the inner left field, monogram

Mint and issuing power

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

Thasos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 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: 16.7416.74 g <br />16,740 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2021a, p. 281, n° 6

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XIII [close to OBBd1], Callataÿ 2021a2Callataÿ 2021a, p. 281, n° 6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of the deified Alexander the Great right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

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.. 65 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:

Callataÿ 1996b3Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20004Bauslaugh 2000

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	Struck over a Macedonian Tetradrachm of Aesillas, ca.95-70 B.C. showing traces of the club and wreath on the reverse and NΩN on the neck of Dionysos. "It is unusual to find a Thasos Tetradrachm struck over another issue. This instance is particularly interesting in that it provides a terminus post quem for an otherwise long and undated issue"