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|Image overstruck variety=Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s,24 Apr. 2008,2077 overstruck variety.jpg | |Image overstruck variety=Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 overstruck variety.jpg | ||
|Sale=Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 = Tallent & Belzberg Collections | |Sale=Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 = Tallent & Belzberg Collections | ||
|Private collection=coll. Rick Witschonke | |Private collection=coll. Rick Witschonke | ||
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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, in the inner left field, monogram | |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 | ||
|Date from=120 | |Date from=120 BCE | ||
|Date to=60 | |Date to=60 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica | |Overstruck mint=Thessalonica | ||
|Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC) | |Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC) | ||
|Overstruck date from=95 | |Overstruck date from=95 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=65 | |Overstruck date to=65 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination=Tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=Tetradrachm | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 16 October 2022
120 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Thasos on Aesillas - Stack’s, 24 Apr. 2008, 2077 overstruck variety.jpg
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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 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: 16.7416.74 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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: | 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.
