1216 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O58) over Tenedos (Janiform head/labrys) (Hirsch, 152, Nov. 1986, 123)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1216

85 BCE - 70 BCE- | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Maroneia on Tenedus - Hirsch, 152, 23-26 Nov. 1986, 123.jpg [Callataÿ 1986]

Overstruck variety

Maroneia on Tenedus - Hirsch, 152, 23-26 Nov. 1986, 123 overstruck variety.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Hirsch, 152, 23-26 Nov. 1986, 123

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ / MAPΩNITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing half-left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monograms to inner left and inner 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:

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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1986

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 19861Callataÿ 1986, Schönert-Geiss 19872Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 194, n° 1179-1192 (O58-62), HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1556, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 13

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform head of a laureate male and diademed female

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΕΝΕΔΙΩΝ (Greek) Labrys within laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

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

Tenedos

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Troas

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 100 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

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:

Callataÿ 19985Callataÿ 1998

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: