3453 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis) (tetradrachm Mostis/Athena) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (London, BM, Knight, 103.1)

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130 BCE - 110 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣΛΗ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collection: London, British Museum, RPK, p. 103.1
Private collection(s) ᵖ: R. P. Knight

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Bust of the King, right, diademed and wearing chlamys Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΟΣΤΙΔΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΑΔΑΛΟΥ ΕΤΟΥΣΛΗ (Greek) Athena, wearing helmet chiton and peplos, seated left on throne, against which she leans shield, she holds in right hand, Nike crowning King's name, her left rests on seat.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Thrace (uncertain mint) Ancient region Thrace Modern country: Bulgaria Authority: Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)
Chronology
From 130 BCE to 110 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.2316.23 g <br />16,230 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3838 mm <br />3.8 cm <br /> Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Callataÿ 1991b, p. 41 - n° 10 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1991b, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1727

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek) erakles standing facing, head left, holding club in right hand, lion skin draped over left arm
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Thasos Ancient region ᵖ Thrace Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 168 BCE to 60 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear I, n° 1759, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 6, n° 358
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidence: strong
Remarks:

References

  1. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Le roi thrace Mostis et une surfrappe d'un alexandre tardif de Mésembria”, Revue belge de Numismatique, 137, p. 37-45, pl. 2
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
  3. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.