1263 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O56) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Berlin, MK, 18243431)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1263

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Maroneia on Aesillas - Berlin, Münzkabinett, 18243431.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aesillas 2nd group.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Berlin, Münzkabinett, 18243431

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: 14.8g14,800 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	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).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Schönert-Geiss 19841Schönert-Geiss 1984, 92 Nr. 20, Schönert-Geiss 19872Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 64 and 193 Nr. 1169 Taf. 54 (O56-R176), Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 2000, p. 92, note 14 and p. 9, note 24, HGC 3.24HGC 3.2, n° 1556, Callataÿ 2021a5Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within laurel 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. 85 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:

Callataÿ 1996b6Callataÿ 1996b, Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 2000

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	2nd group of Aesillas with wide and large leaves (see Callataÿ 1996b)