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1267 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (MacDonald Coll. 1994b, n° 1)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1267


85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Maroneia on Aesillas - MacDonald Coll. 1994b, n° 1.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Maroneia on Aesillas - MacDonald Coll. 1994b, n° 1 overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection: Important Greek and Roman Coins (19-20 June 1991), no. 175
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : MacDonald Coll. 1994b, n° 1

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.. 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 WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4716.47 g <br />16,470 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: MacDonald 1994, 1 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, 1192 (O62-R192), MacDonald 1994b2MacDonald 1994b, 1, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1556, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 281, n° 14

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of the deified Alexander the Great right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within laurel wreath
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Thessalonica Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), 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
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 : Bauslaugh 20005Bauslaugh 2000
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: