3417 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/heracles) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Ebay seller gallery perfektsionista)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3417

60 BCE - 40 BCE | HIHIOHIΛIHΛΕΗΛΙΟΙ ? (sic)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 430 - Uncertain mint imitating Thasos over Athens?.png

Overstruck variety

Thasos on Athens - Popina hoard 439 overstruck variety.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay seller gallery_perfektsionista

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.:

HIHIOHIΛIHΛΕΗΛΙΟΙ ? (sic) (Greek) Herakles facing, head left, holding club and lion skin. In field, monogram.

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 60 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 40 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: 16.2816.28 g <br />16,280 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:

HGC 61HGC 6, n° 358-360 (imitation of this variety)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

A-ӨE (above) (Greek) Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath

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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 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 19612Thompson 1961

Additional data

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

References

^ 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.
^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO 430 - Uncertain mint imitating Thasos over Athens?.png
+|Image overstruck variety=Thasos on Athens - Popina hoard 439 overstruck variety.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1942491&AucID=4572&Lot=283
 |Sale=Ebay seller gallery_perfektsionista
 |Obverse description=Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath.
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 |Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Herakles facing, head left, holding club and lion skin. In field, monogram.
-|Mint=Thasos - pretended mint (imitation)
+|Mint=Thasos
-|Ancient region=Thrace - pretended area or imitation from Thrace?
+|Ancient region=Thrace
-|Date from=168 BCE
+|Authority=Roman Republic
-|Date to=80 BCE
+|Date from=60 BCE
+|Date to=40 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=16.28
-|Denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Denomination=tetradrachm
-|Standard=Attic (reduced)
+|Standard=Attic
 |Coin series reference=HGC 6, n° 358-360 (imitation of this variety)
-|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing helmet or head of Alexander
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with three laurel leaves and vine scroll
-|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath or fiscus, club and subsellium within oak wreath.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=A-ӨE (above)
-|Overstruck mint=Athens?; Aesillas
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
-|Overstruck ancient region=Attica?
+|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath
+|Overstruck mint=Athens
+|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
+|Overstruck date from=160 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=60 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
+|Level of confidence=strong
 }}