1329 - Thasos (tetradrachm ΘΡΑΚΩΝ Dionysus/Heracles) over Athens 88/87 BCE (Alexander/club) (Gorny & Mosch, 195, March 2011, 8)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1329

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Thasos on Athens - Gorny.jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Athens apellikon.jpeg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 195, 7 March 2011, 8

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.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club

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. 85 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: 16.2316.23 g <br />16,230 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2012, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 16

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Göbl 19741Göbl 1974, OTA, Lukanc 19962Lukanc 1996, pl.174, p. 47, Prokopov 20063Prokopov 2006, Group XIII (close to OBBd1), Callataÿ 20124Callataÿ 2012, MacDonald 20125MacDonald 2012, Callataÿ 2021a6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 16

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΘΕ (Greek) Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive wreath

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. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 87 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 19617Thompson 1961, n° 1132-1140

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	over APELLIKWN-GORGIAS : 88/87 BCE