3435 - Thessalonica (Aesillas) (tetradrachm Alexander/club) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Schulten, Oct. 1987, 140 = RBW coll.): Difference between revisions
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|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl on amphora. | |Overstruck reverse description=Owl on amphora. | ||
|Overstruck mint= | |Overstruck mint=Athens | ||
|Overstruck ancient region= | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck= | |Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=weak | |Level of confidence=weak | ||
|Remarks=overstruck on Athens, not on Thasos; issue not identifiable | |Remarks=overstruck on Athens, not on Thasos; issue not identifiable | ||
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95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔONΩΝ | AESILLAS Q
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 390 - Thessalonica over Thasos.jpg
Overstruck variety
Athens Mikion Euryklei.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Schulten, 20-22 Oct. 1987, lot 140 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Rick Witschonke collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | MAKEΔONΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right. Behind head, Θ. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AESILLAS Q (Latin) Fiscus, club and sella curulis. All within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. | Macedon | 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: | 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.. 70 BCE | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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: 16.7216.72 g <br />16,720 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| 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. 284, n° 2 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O7-R36), HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1110, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 2 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Owl on amphora. |
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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Thompson 19614Thompson 1961 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | overstruck on Athens, not on Thasos; issue not identifiable | ||
References
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 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.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
