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|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Date from= | |Authority=Roman Republic | ||
|Date from=85 BCE | |||
|Date to=70 BCE | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
Latest revision as of 18:27, 12 November 2023
85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Comptoir Général de Bourse, 34, 30 Apr. 2008, 91 | |
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.67g16,670 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 35.535.5 mm <br />3.55 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 6 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, n° 1160 (A/53 - R/ 168), HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1556, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 6 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of the deified Alexander III r., with horn of Ammon | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ΛYΣIMAXOY (Greek) Athena Nikephoros seated l., holding Nike in r. hand and leaning l. arm on shield with aegis |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 297 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
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.
- ^ 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.
