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

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1352

120 - 60 | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

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

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60

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:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006

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)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65

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 1996b2Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 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.

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
^ 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.

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 |Image overstriking coin=Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s,24 Apr. 2008,2077.jpg
 |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=223518&AucID=323&Lot=2077
+|Sale=Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 = Tallent & Belzberg Collections
+|Private collection=coll. Rick Witschonke
+|Obverse description=Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath
+|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
+|Date from=120
+|Date to=60
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
+|Weight=16.74
+|Denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference=Prokopov 2006
+|Overstruck obverse legend=MAKEΔONΩN
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of the deified Alexander the Great right
+|Overstruck reverse legend=AESILLAS
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Latin
+|Overstruck reverse description=Q Money chest, club, and chair; all within laurel wreath
+|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica
+|Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=95
+|Overstruck date to=65
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Callataÿ 1996b; Bauslaugh 2000;
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks=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.
 }}