ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
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
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 16.6816.68 g <br />16,680 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Price 1991, n° 1047, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 286-288 (O47-R128 monogram 43), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3MacDonald 2009, p. 128, n° 97, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 23
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: a portion of the profile of the top of Dionysus's head and other slight uncertain traces).
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
(HPAKΛEOYΣ) ΣΩΤΗΡΟ(Σ) Θ(Α)ΣΙΩ(Ν) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram (visible: lower portion of Herakles' club and foot).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.ᵖ:
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. 180 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 110 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Prokopov 2006
[[Remarks::overstruck on Thasos [letters ΣΩΤΗΡΟ in the inner field left and Θ in the lower field of the reverse]]
References
^Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
^Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
^MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Vladimir Stolba (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
^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
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