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{{Overstrike | {{Overstrike | ||
|Image overstriking coin=Thasos 395 Londres.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1899-0401-14 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Aesillas 2nd group.jpg | |||
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1899,0401.14 | |Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1899,0401.14 | ||
|Sale=Lambros, Athens. | |Sale=Lambros, Athens. | ||
|Obverse description=Wreathed head of young Dionysos right | |||
|Reverse legend=ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN | |||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=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=Thasos | |Mint=Thasos | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Weight=16 | |Authority=Roman Republic | ||
|Date from=90 BCE | |||
|Date to=60 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.16 | |||
|Diameter=34 | |Diameter=34 | ||
|Axis=12 | |Axis=12 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Coin reference= | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference=Prokopov | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12 | ||
|Coin series reference=Prokopov 2006, Group XIII, [OBB8]; HGC 6, n° 359; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12 | |||
|Overstruck obverse legend=MAKEΔONΩΝ | |Overstruck obverse legend=MAKEΔONΩΝ | ||
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Alexander the Great right. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Alexander the Great right. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=AESILLAS | |Overstruck reverse legend=AESILLAS | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Latin | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath. | |Overstruck reverse description=Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath. | ||
|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC) ; Roman | |Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC); Roman Republic | ||
|Overstruck date from=95 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=60 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Callataÿ 1996b; Bauslaugh 2000 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 10 November 2023
90 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
Thasos 395 Londres.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aesillas 2nd group.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1899,0401.14 | Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lambros, Athens. |
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. 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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1616.16 g <br />16,160 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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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).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XIII, [OBB8], HGC 62HGC 6, n° 359, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | MAKEΔONΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AESILLAS (Latin) Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak 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.. 60 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 1996b4Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20005Bauslaugh 2000 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1996), "Les monnaies au nom d'Aesillas", in T. Hackens (ed.), Italiam Fato Profugi Hesperinaque Venerunt Litora. Numismatic Studies Dedicated to Vladimir and Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatica Lovaniensia 12, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 113-151.
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.
