3502 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Brussels, KBR, II 82.531)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3502

120 BCE - 90 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 384 - Odessus over Thasos.png

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, II 82.531.	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Superior Galleries (30/05/1995), lot 7288.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Odessus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1716.17 g <br />16,170 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 5	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1181, Callataÿ 1997a2Callataÿ 1997a, p. 84-87: D14-R42 (fin du Groupe 1), HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1587, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 5
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1181

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of Dionysos right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Thasos

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 160 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.

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: