1256 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Savoca Numismatik, 21, March 2018, 67): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1256

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

11 March 2018, 67.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Maroneia on Aesillas - Savoca Numismatik, 21, 11 March 2018, 67 overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Savoca Numismatik, 21, 11 March 2018, 67

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1556

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AESILLAS (Latin) Q, money chest, club, and chair, all within wreath

Mint and issuing power

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

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

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. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 2000

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
^ 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.
^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.

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