2070 - Tenedos (tetradrachm Janiform head/labrys) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Lisbon, Gulbenkian, 972)
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|Coin reference=Callataÿ 1993b; Callatay 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (4/D3-R1a) | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 1993b; Callatay 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (4/D3-R1a) | ||
− | |Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1993b; | + | |Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1993b; Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (4/D3-R1a); HGC 6, n° 390 |
|Overstruck obverse description=Wreathed head of Dionysos right | |Overstruck obverse description=Wreathed head of Dionysos right | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN | |Overstruck reverse legend=HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN |
Revision as of 09:17, 26 May 2023
100 BCE - 70 BCE | TENEΔΙΩΝ
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Lisbon, Gulbenkian coll., 972. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Duruflé collection ; R. Jameson collection ; Gulbenkian collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Janiform head of a Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath and Hera right wearing stephane. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TENEΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Double axe. In field, monogram, grape bunch and Artemis with a stag. All within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tenedos | Ancient regionAncient region. | Troas | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4616.46 g <br />16,460 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> |
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 1993b, Callatay 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (4/D3-R1a) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1993b1Callataÿ 1993b, Callataÿ 19982Callataÿ 1998, p. 101, pl. 24 (4/D3-R1a), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 390 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Dionysos right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin |
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: | Roman Republic |
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.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm ![]() |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1993), “Un tétradrachme hellénistique de Ténédos surfrappé sur Thasos”, Schweizer Münzblätter, 43 (169), p. 2-4.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.
- ^ 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.