1398 - Thasos (tetradrachm imitation Dionysus/Heracles) over Athens 123/122 BCE (Alexander/club) (Boljarino hoard)
From SILVER
70 - 40
Images
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Boljarino hoard, inv. 2281 | |
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Boljarino Hoard (IGCH 775) |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of young Dionysos right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club, in the inner left 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 70 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 40 | 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: 16.2016.2 g <br />16,200 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: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | 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
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Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Lukanc, Ivo (1996), Les imitations des monnaies d'Alexandre le Grand et de Thasos, Wetteren, Cultura
- ^ Callataÿ, François de - Prokopov, Ilja (1995), "The Boljarino Hoard (IGCH 975 - near Plovdiv)", in Revue belge de Numismatique, 141, p. 5-12, pl. 1-3.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.