1326 - Thasos (tetradrachm imitation Dionysus/Heracles) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (CNG, EA 477, Sept. 2020, 215)
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|Reverse description=Stylized Herakles standing right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; N to inner left, legend highly degraded | |Reverse description=Stylized Herakles standing right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm; N to inner left, legend highly degraded | ||
|Mint=Thasos | |Mint=Thasos | ||
− | |Date from= | + | |Date from=70 BCE |
|Date to=50 BCE | |Date to=50 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic |
Revision as of 15:59, 27 May 2023
70 BCE - 50 BCE | HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN
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Thasos on Aesillas? - Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 477, 23 Sept. 2020, 215.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 477, 23 Sept. 2020, 215. (Heritage 3020, 7 September 2012), lot 24934 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Toliver Besson Collection. From the R. G. Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of young Dionysos right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | HPAKΛEOYΣ / ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Stylized Herakles standing right, holding club, lion skin draped over arm, N to inner left, legend highly degraded |
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. 70 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 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: 16.3916.39 g <br />16,390 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Göbl 19711Göbl 1971, OTA Class III |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of the deified Alexander the Great right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC) |
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.. 65 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
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: | Callataÿ 1996b2Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 2000 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Göbl 1971
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1996), "Les monnaies au nom d'Aesillas", in T. Hackens (ed.), Italiam Fato Profugi Hesperinaque Venerunt Litora. Numismatic Studies Dedicated to Vladimir and Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatica Lovaniensia 12, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 113-151.
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.