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{{Overstrike
|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
|Image overstriking coin=Thasos_over_Athens_MacDonald_106.jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Thasos_over_Athens_MacDonald_106_drawing.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=2296 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Athens 126-125 BCE (MacDonald 2009, 104) overstruck variety.jpg
|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection, 106
|Obverse description=Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath.
|Obverse description=Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath.
|Reverse legend=PEΛΣΕΗΟΘΗΕΛΣΗΣEPΗΛ ? (sic)
|Reverse legend=PEΛΣΕΗΟΘΗΕΛΣΗΣEPΗΛ ? (sic)
|Reverse description=Herakles facing, head left, holding club and lion skin. In field, monogram.
|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
|Authority=Roman Republic
|Date to=80
|Date from=60 BCE
|Date to=40 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.26
|Weight=16.26
|Axis=1 h
|Axis=1
|Denomination=Tetradrachm
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic (reduced)
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 143, no. 106. ; D. MacDonald, "A group of Thasian type tetradrachms overstruck over Athenian New Style tetradrachms", NomChron 22 (2003), p. 31-39, no. 3.
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2003, p. 31-39, n° 3; MacDonald 2009, p. 143, n° 106
|Coin series reference=O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 358-360 (imitation of this variety)
|Coin series reference=MacDonald 2003, p. 31-39, n° 3;  Prokopov 2006; MacDonald 2009, p. 143, n° 106; HGC 6, n° 359
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing helmet.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing helmet.
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΘΕ
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΘΕ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing on amphora. In field, ΕΠΙΓΕΝΗΣ-ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing on amphora. In field, ΕΠΙΓΕΝΗΣ-ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ
|Overstruck mint=Athens
|Overstruck mint=Athens
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica
|Overstruck date from=126 BCE
|Overstruck date to=125 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 19:44, 13 May 2024

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 3139


60 BCE - 40 BCE | PEΛΣΕΗΟΘΗΕΛΣΗΣEPΗΛ ? (sic)

Images
Overstriking coin
Thasos_over_Athens_MacDonald_106.jpg
Overstruck variety
2296 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Athens 126-125 BCE (MacDonald 2009, 104) overstruck variety.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
Thasos_over_Athens_MacDonald_106_drawing.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: D. MacDonald collection, 106

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.: PEΛΣΕΗΟΘΗΕΛΣΗΣEPΗΛ ? (sic) 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2003, p. 31-39, n° 3, MacDonald 2009, p. 143, n° 106 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: MacDonald 20031MacDonald 2003, p. 31-39, n° 3, Prokopov 20062Prokopov 2006, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 143, n° 106, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 359

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΘΕ (Greek) Owl standing on amphora. In field, ΕΠΙΓΕΝΗΣ-ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ
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. 126 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Thompson 19615Thompson 1961
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  MacDonald, David (2003), "A Group of Thasian type tetradrachms overstruck on Athenian New Style tetradrachms," Nomismatika Chronika 22, p. 31-39.
  2. ^  Prokopov, Ilya (2006), Die Silberprägung der Insel Thasos und die Tetradrachmen des "thasischen Typs" vom 2.-1. Jahrhundert v. Chr., Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin, 342 p., 118 p. of plates
  3. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.

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