3790 - Maroneia (AE horse/grape bunches) over Dioscurias (pilei/thyrsus) (beastcoins.com)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3790

150 BCE - 100 BCE | ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 377 - Maroneia over Dioscurias.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

SO 377 - Maroneia over Dioscurias overstruck variety.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	beastcoins.com (info DMD)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horse prancing right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ (Greek) 4 grape bunches within linear square.

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.771.77 g <br />1,770 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, not this denomination

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two pilei with stars.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΔΟΣ (Greek) Thyrsus.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Dioscurias

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Colchis

Modern countryModern country: Georgia

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, 1021, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, 638

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on apparently official Colchis-Dioscurias"

References

^ 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.
^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.