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|Reverse description=Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and lyra. All within laurel wreath. | |Reverse description=Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and lyra. All within laurel wreath. | ||
|Mint=Tenedos | |Mint=Tenedos | ||
|Ancient region=Troas | |Ancient region=Troas | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=100 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Weight=16.65 | |Weight=16.65 | ||
|Diameter=37 | |Diameter=37 | ||
|Axis=12 | |Axis=12 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic (reduced) | |Standard=Attic (reduced) | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8; Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a) ; Imhoof-Blumer 1883, p. 269. | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8; Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a); HGC 6, n° 390 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Wreathed head of Dionysos right | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin; | |||
|Overstruck mint=Thasos | |Overstruck mint=Thasos | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Overstruck authority=Roman Republic | |||
|Overstruck date from=168 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=70 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 6, n° 358-359 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread | |||
|Level of confidence=strong | |||
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Revision as of 07:34, 26 May 2023
100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Tenedos 107 Berlin Lambros.jpg
Overstruck variety
Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Imhoof-Blumer 1900. | Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lambros (Athens). |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TENEΔΙΩΝ Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and lyra. All within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tenedos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Troas | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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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).: 3737 mm <br />3.7 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic (reduced) | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8, Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a), Imhoof-Blumer 1883, p. 269. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, p. 2-4, n° 8, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (8/D5-R1a), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390 |
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. 168 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
| 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: | HGC 63HGC 6, n° 358-359 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1993), “Un tétradrachme hellénistique de Ténédos surfrappé sur Thasos”, Schweizer Münzblätter, 43 (169), p. 2-4.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.
- a b 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.
