1329 - Thasos (tetradrachm ΘΡΑΚΩΝ Dionysus/Heracles) over Athens 88/87 BCE (Alexander/club) (Gorny & Mosch, 195, March 2011, 8)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1329

120 - 70 | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 195, 7 March 2011, 8

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70

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
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Göbl1Göbl, OTA -, Lukanc Taf.174 S 472Lukanc Taf.174 S 47

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

o right, griffin leaping to right, on amphoOwl standing facing on amphora, tra, Η (= 8th month), below amphora, ΔΑ (= contractor's initials), all within olive wreath

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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References

^ Göbl
^ Lukanc Taf.174 S 47