3207 - Thessalonica (Aesillas) (tetradrachm Alexander/club) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Sydney, Westmoreland coll., 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3207

95 BCE - 70 BCEMAKEΔΟΝΩΝ | AESILLAS Q

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 894 - Thessalonica over Athens.png

Overstruck variety

Athens Mikion Euryklei.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Westmoreland, n° 27

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic (reduced)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 6	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000, Groups I-III, V-VI and VIII (dies O11-R56), HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 1110, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 284, n° 6
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonians aesillas bauslaugh.2000.i-vi

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena (visible: some parts of the crete of the crest).

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.

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:

Thompson 19614Thompson 1961

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: