3676 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Brussels, KBR, 2000-2087)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3676

120 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 382 - Odessus over Thasos.png

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 2000-2087.	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Ritter, list 53, Aug. 2000, lot 512.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram below throne

Mint and issuing power

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

Odessus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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: 15.1915.19 g <br />15,190 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 2021a, p. 279, n° 8	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1181, Callataÿ 1997a2Callataÿ 1997a, p. 84-87: D13 (fin du Groupe 1), HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1587, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 8
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1181

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of Dionysos right.

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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2218240&AucID=5365&Lot=9260

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: