16707 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus) over Ilium (Athena/Athena) (Bowers Galleries, May 2023, 71027)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16707

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Mesembria 2378 Bowers.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ilion Mesembria 2378.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Bowers Galleries, 16 May 2023, 71027

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Dionysos, nude but for chlamys draped over his left arm, standing left, holding two narthex wands in his left hand and bunch of grapes with his 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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, nr 1175-1176 (V54-R not listed), HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1556

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena r., wearing laureate and triple-crested Attic helmet

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΘ-HNAΣ IΛIAΔOΣ (Greek) Athena Ilias standing r. wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff in l. hand and filleted spear over r. shoulder, below, owl standing r., with head facing

Mint and issuing power

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

Ilium

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:

Bellinger 19613Bellinger 1961

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"The noted damage is fairly minor and unintrusive, and much of the undertype's legends are visible on the reverse. An attractive piece overall"