7240 - Thasos (tetradrachm imitation Dionysus/Heracles) over Athens 126/125 BCE (Athena/owl) (MacDonald 2009, 104): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7240

70 BCE - 40 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

2296 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Athens 126-125 BCE (MacDonald 2009, 104).jpg

Overstruck variety

2296 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Athens 126-125 BCE (MacDonald 2009, 104) overstruck variety.jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

2296 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Athens 126-125 BCE (MacDonald 2009, 104) overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll. 104

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of young Dionysos right

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. 70 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 40 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: 15.8015.8 g <br />15,800 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 142, n° 104, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 283, n° 25

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 61HGC 6, n° 359, Prokopov 20062Prokopov 2006, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 142, n° 104, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 283, n° 25

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

A-ӨE (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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 126 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 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 19615Thompson 1961

Additional data

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

References

^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
^ Prokopov, Ilya (2006), Die Silberprägung der Insel Thasos und die Tetradrachmen des "thasischen Typs" vom 2.-1. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, 342 p., 118 p. of plates
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ 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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 |Standard=Attic
 |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 142, n° 104; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 283, n° 25
-|Coin series reference=HGC 6, n° 359; MacDonald 2009, p. 142, n° 104; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 283, n° 25
+|Coin series reference=HGC 6, n° 359; Prokopov 2006; MacDonald 2009, p. 142, n° 104; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 283, n° 25
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll
 |Overstruck reverse legend=A-ӨE