1287 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O34) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (Platt, Spring 1981 - Callataÿ 1991)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1287


85 BCE - 60 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Maroneia on Mithridates Eupator - Callataÿ 1991.jpg
Overstruck variety
Maroneia on Mithridates Eupator - Callataÿ 1991 overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Platt, Spring 1981

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing half-left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monograms to inner left and 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.. 60 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 WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4116.41 g <br />16,410 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 1991 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, Callataÿ 19912Callataÿ 1991, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 1

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head r., wearing royal diadem, hair floating ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΜΙΘΡΑ ΔΑΤΟΥ / ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (Greek) Stag grazing l., in field l., star above crescent and monogram, in field r., date and monogram, all within wreath of ivy leaves and blossoms (corymbes)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Sinope Ancient regionAncient region.  Pontus Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
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.. 63 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 1997a4Callataÿ 1997a
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Un tétradrachme de Mithridate surfrappé à Maronée”, Numismatica e Antichità Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi, 20, p. 213-226.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.