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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3239

90 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstruck variety

Aesillas 2nd group.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1899,0401.14	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Lambros, Athens.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of young Dionysos right

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1616.16 g <br />16,160 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).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XIII, [OBB8], HGC 62HGC 6, n° 359, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

MAKEΔONΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AESILLAS (Latin) Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak 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), 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.. 60 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:

Callataÿ 1996b4Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20005Bauslaugh 2000

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

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 {{Overstrike
+|Image overstruck variety=Aesillas 2nd group.jpg
 |Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1899,0401.14
 |Sale=Lambros, Athens.
+|Obverse description=Wreathed head of young Dionysos right
+|Reverse legend=ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
+|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
 |Ancient region=Thrace
+|Authority=Roman Republic
+|Date from=90 BCE
+|Date to=60 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=16.16
 |Diameter=34
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
-|Denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Denomination=tetradrachm
-|Coin reference=Fr. de Callataÿ, 1998, p. 114, note 45
+|Standard=Attic
-|Coin series reference=Prokopov Groupe XIII, droit BB8;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 359
+|Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12
+|Coin series reference=Prokopov 2006, Group XIII, [OBB8]; HGC 6, n° 359; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 12
 |Overstruck obverse legend=MAKEΔONΩΝ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Alexander the Great right.
 |Overstruck reverse legend=AESILLAS
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Latin
 |Overstruck reverse description=Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath.
+|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica
 |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
-|Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC) ; Roman province of Macedonia
+|Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC); Roman Republic
+|Overstruck date from=95 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=60 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Callataÿ 1996b; Bauslaugh 2000
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
 }}