3495 - Thessalonica (Aesillas) (tetradrachm Alexander/club) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Monnaies d’Antan, 23, May 2018, 497): Difference between revisions
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|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck date from=166 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=70 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
Revision as of 13:16, 17 August 2023
95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | AESILLAS Q
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 889 - Thessalonica over Athens.jpg
Overstruck variety
Athens Mikion Euryklei.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Monnaies d’Antan (Bruxelles), 23, 19 May 2018, lot 497 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | F. Febrer collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (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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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1110 | |
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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. 166 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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 19613Thompson 1961 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
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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.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
