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|Reverse description=Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club | |Reverse description=Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club | ||
|Mint=Thasos | |Mint=Thasos | ||
|Date from=120 | |Date from=120 BCE | ||
|Date to=70 | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive wreath | |Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive wreath | ||
|Overstruck mint=Athens | |Overstruck mint=Athens | ||
|Overstruck date from=88 | |Overstruck date from=88 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=87 | |Overstruck date to=87 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination=Tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=Tetradrachm | ||
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|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
|Remarks=over APELLIKWN-GORGIAS : 88/87 BCE | |||
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120 BCE - 70 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Thasos on Athens - Gorny.jpeg [1]
Overstruck variety
Athens apellikon.jpeg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny & Mosch, 195, 7 March 2011, 8 | |
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.: | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club |
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 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2316.23 g <br />16,230 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2012 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Göbl 19741Göbl 1974, OTA, Lukanc 19962Lukanc 1996, pl.174, p. 47, Callataÿ 20123Callataÿ 2012, MacDonald 20124MacDonald 2012 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΘΕ (Greek) Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive wreath |
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. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 87 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 | StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Thompson 19615Thompson 1961, n° 1132-1140 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | over APELLIKWN-GORGIAS : 88/87 BCE | ||
References
- ^ Göbl, Robert (1974), Die Münzprägung der Ostkelten und ihrer Nachbarn, Braunschweig, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 136 p.
- ^ Lukanc, Ivo (1996), Les imitations des monnaies d'Alexandre le Grand et de Thasos, Wetteren, Cultura
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2012), “A Thasian type tetradrachm with the legend ΘΡΑΚΩΝ overstruck on an Athenian stephanephoros tetradrachm of ΑΠΕΛΛΙΚΩΝ ΓΟΡΓΙΑΣ (88/87 BC) and its consequences for the Thasian-type coinage”, in E. Paunov and S. Filipova (eds.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Veliko Tarnovo, Faber Publ., p. 307-321.
- ^ MacDonald, David (2012), "ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΡΑΚΩΝ tetradrachms die links and dating," in Evgeni Paunov (ed.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Veloko Tarnovo, p. 323-339.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
