1216 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O58) over Tenedos (Janiform head/labrys) (Hirsch, 152, Nov. 1986, 123)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1216


85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Maroneia on Tenedus - Hirsch, 152, 23-26 Nov. 1986, 123.jpg [Callataÿ 1986]
Overstruck variety
Maroneia on Tenedus - Hirsch, 152, 23-26 Nov. 1986, 123 overstruck variety.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Hirsch, 152, 23-26 Nov. 1986, 123

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing half-left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monograms to inner left and inner right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Maroneia 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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 1986 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Callataÿ 19861Callataÿ 1986, Schönert-Geiss 19872Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 194, n° 1179-1192 (O58-62), HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1556, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 13

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Janiform head of a laureate male and diademed female ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Labrys within laurel wreath
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Tenedos Ancient regionAncient region.  Troas Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Callataÿ 19985Callataÿ 1998
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1986), "Une surfrappe inédite de Maronée sur Ténédos", Cahiers Numismatiques, 23 (90), p. 220.
  2. ^  Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.