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|Reverse description=Dionysos standing half-left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monograms to inner left and right | |Reverse description=Dionysos standing half-left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monograms to inner left and right | ||
|Mint=Maroneia | |Mint=Maroneia | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |||
|Date from=120 BCE | |Date from=120 BCE | ||
|Date to=70 BCE | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
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|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Weight=16.67g | |Weight=16.67g | ||
|Diameter=35. | |Diameter=35.5 | ||
|Axis= | |Axis=12 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 6 | ||
|Coin series reference=Schönert-Geiss 1987, n° 1160 (A/53 - R/ 168); Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 6 | |Coin series reference=Schönert-Geiss 1987, n° 1160 (A/53 - R/ 168); HGC 3.2, n° 1556; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 6 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head right | |Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head right | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ / ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ | |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ / ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ | ||
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|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; mintmaster's monogram above and to right, monogram between legs; all within oak wreath | |Overstruck reverse description=Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; mintmaster's monogram above and to right, monogram between legs; all within oak wreath | ||
|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica | |Overstruck mint=Thessalonica | ||
|Overstruck authority=Perseus (Antigonid king, c. 212-166 BC) | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Perseus (Antigonid king, c. 212-166 BC); Macedonian kingdom | |||
|Overstruck date from=179 BCE | |Overstruck date from=179 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=168 BCE | |Overstruck date to=168 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination= | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Mamroth 1928 | |Coin series reference overstruck=Mamroth 1928 | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/perseus_macedon.amng.iii.2.1-2; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/perseus_macedon.amng.iii.2.3 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
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Revision as of 05:23, 25 May 2023
120 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 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 right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣI-ΛEΩΣ / ΠEP-ΣEΩΣ (Greek) Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt, mintmaster's monogram above and to right, monogram between legs, all within oak 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: | Perseus (Antigonid king, c. 212-166 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 179 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 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: | Mamroth 19284Mamroth 1928 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
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.
- ^ Mamroth, Alfred (1928), "Die Silbermünzen des Königs Perseus", Zeitschrift für numismatik 38, p.1-28
