3790 - Maroneia (AE horse/grape bunches) over Dioscurias (pilei/thyrsus) (beastcoins.com)
From SILVER
150 BCE - 100 BCE | ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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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.
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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" | ||
