3261 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) (Kress, 140, Aug. 1967, 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3261

100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘAΣIΩN

Images

Overstruck variety

Byzantium Lysimachus Group 2.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Kress, 140, 7 Aug. 1967, n° 27

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. 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1997a, p. 132, pl. 36, n° A, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 18

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 132, pl. 36, n° A, Prokopov 20062Prokopov 2006, Group XV, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 359, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 18

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Alexander r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ (Greek) Athena seated l., holding Nike in outstretched r. hand and resting l. arm on shield decorated with gorgoneion

Mint and issuing power

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

Byzantium

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 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

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: