3417 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/heracles) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Ebay seller gallery perfektsionista)
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|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing helmet or head of Alexander | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing helmet or head of Alexander | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath or fiscus, club and subsellium within oak wreath. | |Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath or fiscus, club and subsellium within oak wreath. | ||
− | |Overstruck mint=Athens? | + | |Overstruck mint=Athens?; Aesillas |
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica? | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica? | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
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168 BCE - 80 BCE | HIHIOHIΛIHΛΕΗΛΙΟΙ ? (sic)
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 - pretended mint (imitation) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace - pretended area or imitation from Thrace? | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | 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 (reduced) |
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 helmet or head of Alexander | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Owl standing on amphora within oliv wreath or fiscus, club and subsellium within oak wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens?; Aesillas | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica? | 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
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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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.