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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1740686&AucID=3967&Lot=113 | |||
|Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, 214/1907. | |Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, 214/1907. | ||
|Obverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | |Obverse legend=MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | ||
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonians_aesillas_bauslaugh.2000.i-vi | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonians_aesillas_bauslaugh.2000.i-vi | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend= | |Overstruck reverse legend=A - ΘE / KAΛ / ΛIKPA - EΠI / ΓENH / ΣΩΣAN / ΔPOΣ | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl on amphora. | |Overstruck reverse description=Owl on amphora. | ||
|Overstruck mint=Athens | |Overstruck mint=Athens | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck date from= | |Overstruck date from=125 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to= | |Overstruck date to=124 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961, | |Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961, n° 442; HGC 4, n° 1602 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
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Revision as of 16:23, 24 May 2023
95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | AESILLAS Q
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 892 - Thessalonica over Athens.png
Overstruck variety
Athens kallikratides.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, 214/1907. | |
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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.116.1 g <br />16,100 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Thompson 1973, p. 56, pl. A, 1. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Regling 19081Regling 1908, p. 241, Thompson 19732Thompson 1973, p. 56, pl. A, 1, Bauslaugh 19873Bauslaugh 1987, pl. 3, no. 9, Bauslaugh 20004Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O94-R353), HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 1110, Callataÿ 2021a6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 285, n° 13 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | A - ΘE / KAΛ / ΛIKPA - EΠI / ΓENH / ΣΩΣAN / ΔPOΣ (Greek) 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. 125 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 124 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 19617Thompson 1961, n° 442, HGC 48HGC 4, n° 1602 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Regling, Kurt (1908), "Drei Miszellen. I. Aesillas, auf Athen überprägt. II. Kupfernes tetradrachmon. III. Die Tetradrachmen der Kleopatra VII.", Journal International d'Archéologie et de Numismatique 11, p. 241-248 (241-242 for Aesillas).
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1973), "Byzantium over Aesillas", Revue Numismatique 6 (15), p. 54-65.
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (1987), "Two unpublished overstrikes: new style Athens and Aesillas the Quaestor," American Numismatic Society. Museum notes 32, p. 11-21
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
