1365 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over uncertain mint (incuse square) (Christie’s Genève, 12 May 1984, 2)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1365


120 BCE - 60 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Thasos on uncertain (incuse square) - Christie’s (Genève), 12 May 1984, 2.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Christie’s (Genève), 12 May 1984, 2

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.: ΗΡΑΚΛΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (Greek) 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: Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 60 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 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 10 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XVI (close to ODA 23), Lukanc 19962Lukanc 1996, n° 131–132, 146 and 995, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 282, n° 10

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: overstruck on undetermined type (with incuse square: old Maroneian tetradrachm?)

References

  1. ^  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
  2. ^  Lukanc, Ivo (1996), Les imitations des monnaies d'Alexandre le Grand et de Thasos, Wetteren, Cultura
  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.