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|Sale=Kress 140 | |Image overstruck variety=Byzantium Lysimachus Group 2.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=925972&AucID=1770&Lot=1288 | |||
|Sale=Kress, 140, 7 Aug. 1967, n° 27 | |||
|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 | ||
|Coin | |Authority=Roman Republic | ||
|Date from=100 BCE | |||
|Date to=70 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Standard=Attic | |||
|Coin reference=Callataÿ 1997a, p. 132, pl. 36, n° A; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 18 | |||
|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1997a, p. 132, pl. 36, n° A; Prokopov 2006, Group XV; HGC 6, n° 359; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 18 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head of Alexander r. | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Athena seated l., holding Nike in outstretched r. hand and resting l. arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion | |||
|Overstruck mint=Byzantium | |Overstruck mint=Byzantium | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Overstruck date from=120 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=90 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=strong | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 27 May 2023
100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
Images
Overstruck variety
Byzantium Lysimachus Group 2.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Kress, 140, 7 Aug. 1967, n° 27 | |
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. 100 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
| 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: | Callataÿ 1997a, p. 132, pl. 36, n° A, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 18 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 132, pl. 36, n° A, Prokopov 20062Prokopov 2006, Group XV, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 359, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 18 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Alexander r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ (Greek) Athena seated l., holding Nike in outstretched r. hand and resting l. arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Byzantium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 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.
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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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ 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.
