3066 - Abydus (tetradrachm Artemis/eagle) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Vienna, KHM, 16654)
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|Museum collection=Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 16654. | |Museum collection=Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 16654. | ||
|Obverse description=Bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver. Border of dots. | ||
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|Mint=Abydus | |Mint=Abydus | ||
|Ancient region=Troas | |Ancient region=Troas | ||
− | |Date from=90 | + | |Date from=90 BCE |
− | |Date to=60 | + | |Date to=60 BCE |
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver |
Revision as of 17:52, 15 October 2022
90 BCE - 60 BCE | ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ / ΦΙΛΙΣKΟΥ
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 16654. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΒΥΔΗΝΩΝ / ΦΙΛΙΣKΟΥ (Greek) Eagle right. In field, grape. All in wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Abydus | 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. 90 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5216.52 g <br />16,520 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 1996 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG von Aulock Mysien1 , Callataÿ 19962 |
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) Money chest, club, and chair, all within wreath |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedonia | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 95 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 | 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 |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Callataÿ 1996b3 , Bauslaugh 20004 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien. 4 Heft. Nr. 1050-1438, Berlin, 1957
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1996), "Abydos sur Aesillas", in Anatupo apo to afiervma sth Mantv Oikonomidou "Xarakthr", Athens, p. 81-91.
- ^ 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.