90 BCE - 70 BCE | HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (or ΘΑΣIΩΝ)
Overstriking coin 415 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Aesillas (Gorny.jpeg
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Overstruck variety Aesillas 2nd group.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Gorny & Mosch, 186, 8 March 2010, 1021 = Künker, 318, 11-12 March 2019, lot 127
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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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HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΡΑΚΩΝ (or ΘΑΣIΩΝ) (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin. In field, monogram.
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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. 90 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: 16.1216.12 g <br />16,120 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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MacDonald 2012, p. 327, no. 2 (02-R8), Callataÿ 2021a, p. 281, n° 5
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Prokopov 20061Prokopov 2006, Group XIII [OBBa1], MacDonald 20122MacDonald 2012, p. 327, no. 2 (02-R8), HGC 63HGC 6, n° 359, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 281, n° 5
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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MAKEΔONΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AESILLAS (Latin) Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath.
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Mint and issuing power
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.. 65 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
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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RemarksRemarks:
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"Besonders bemerkenswert ist das Untergepräge, eine Tetradrachme des Aesillas, von der noch der Lorbeerkranz und der Henkel des fiscus zu erkennen sind"
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References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1996), "Les monnaies au nom d'Aesillas", in T. Hackens (ed.), Italiam Fato Profugi Hesperinaque Venerunt Litora. Numismatic Studies Dedicated to Vladimir and Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatica Lovaniensia 12, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 113-151.
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.