85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ
Overstriking coin Thasos on Athens - Gorny.jpeg
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Overstruck variety Athens apellikon.jpeg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Gorny & Mosch, 195, 7 March 2011, 8
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (Greek) Herakles standing left, nude but for lion's skin over his shoulder and left arm, resting right hand on club
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thasos
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Roman Republic
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2316.23 g <br />16,230 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Callataÿ 2012, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 16
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Göbl 19741Göbl 1974, OTA, Lukanc 19962Lukanc 1996, pl.174, p. 47, Prokopov 20063Prokopov 2006, Group XIII (close to OBBd1), Callataÿ 20124Callataÿ 2012, MacDonald 20125MacDonald 2012, Callataÿ 2021a6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 16
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΘΕ (Greek) Owl standing facing on amphora to right, symbol to right, letter on amphora, all within olive wreath
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Athens
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Attica
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 87 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Göbl, Robert (1974), Die Münzprägung der Ostkelten und ihrer Nachbarn, Braunschweig, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 136 p.
- ^ Lukanc, Ivo (1996), Les imitations des monnaies d'Alexandre le Grand et de Thasos, Wetteren, Cultura
- ^ 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
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2012), “A Thasian type tetradrachm with the legend ΘΡΑΚΩΝ overstruck on an Athenian stephanephoros tetradrachm of ΑΠΕΛΛΙΚΩΝ ΓΟΡΓΙΑΣ (88/87 BC) and its consequences for the Thasian-type coinage”, in E. Paunov and S. Filipova (eds.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Veliko Tarnovo, Faber Publ., p. 307-321.
- ^ MacDonald, David (2012), "ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΡΑΚΩΝ tetradrachms die links and dating," in Evgeni Paunov (ed.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Veloko Tarnovo, p. 323-339.
- ^ 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.