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|Date from=95 BCE | |Date from=95 BCE | ||
|Date to=70 BCE | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
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|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
Latest revision as of 12:11, 2 May 2024
95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | AESILLAS Q
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 891 - Thessalonica over Athens.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Athens Mikion Euryklei.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 306, 10 July 2013, n° 55. | |
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 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.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000, O4-R16, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1110, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 1 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | 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. 166 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: | Thompson 19614Thompson 1961 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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