3453 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (London, BM, Knight, 103.1): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3453

130 BCE - 110 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣΛΗ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 388 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Thasos.png

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, RPK, p. 103.1
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	R. P. Knight

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of the King, right, diademed and wearing chlamys

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣΛΗ (Greek) Athena, wearing helmet chiton and peplos, seated left on throne, against which she leans shield, she holds in right hand, Nike crowning King's name, her left rests on seat.

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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:

Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 110 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: 16.2316.23 g <br />16,230 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).: 3838 mm <br />3.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1991b, p. 41 - n° 10

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1991b1Callataÿ 1991b, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1727

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek) erakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm

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:

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.. 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:

Sear I3Sear I, n° 1759, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 358

Additional data

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

References

^ Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Le roi thrace Mostis et une surfrappe d'un alexandre tardif de Mésembria”, Revue belge de Numismatique, 137, p. 37-45, pl. 2
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
^ 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.

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO 388 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Thasos.png
-|Museum collection=London, British Museum, RPK,p103.1.Mos
+|Image overstruck variety=Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
+|Museum collection=London, British Museum, RPK, p. 103.1
 |Private collection=R. P. Knight
 |Obverse description=Bust of the King, right, diademed and wearing chlamys
@@ Line 10: / Line 11: @@
 |Ancient region=Thrace
 |Authority=Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)
+|Date from=130 BCE
+|Date to=110 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=16.23
 |Diameter=38
 |Axis=12
 |Denomination=tetradrachm
-|Coin reference=Gardner - Head 1877, p. 206.1 ; Callataÿ 1991b, p. 41 - n° 10
+|Standard=Attic
+|Coin reference=Callataÿ 1991b, p. 41 - n° 10
+|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1991b; HGC 3.2, n° 1727
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
+|Overstruck reverse legend=ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=erakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm
 |Overstruck mint=Thasos
 |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace
+|Overstruck date from=168 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=60 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Sear I, n° 1759; HGC 6, n° 358
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=strong
 }}