168 - 80 | HHOHN HΠNO HNΠOΠNI (sic)
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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HHOHN HΠNO HNΠOΠNI (sic) 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 - pretended mint (imitation)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace - pretended area or imitation from Thrace?
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Modern countryModern country:
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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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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1316.13 g <br />16,130 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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StandardStandard.: Attic (reduced)
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 142, no. 105., D. MacDonald, "A group of Thasian type tetradrachms overstruck over Athenian New Style tetradrachms", NomChron 22 (2003), p. 31-39, no. 2.
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 358-360 (imitation of this variety)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing helmet.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΘΕ Owl standing on amphora. In field, ΕΠΙΓΕΝΗΣ-ΣΩΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ
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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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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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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