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|Image overstriking coin=Maroneia on uncertain - Warsaw, NM, 154873.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=Maroneia on uncertain - Warsaw, NM, 154873.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/433893745326189549/ | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/433893745326189549/ | ||
|Image overstruck variety= | |Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg | ||
|Museum collection=Warsaw, NM, 154873 | |Museum collection=Warsaw, NM, 154873 | ||
|Obverse description=Wreathed head of young Dionysos right | |Obverse description=Wreathed head of young Dionysos right | ||
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|Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | ||
|Coin series reference=Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 189, n° 1085 (O37-R101); HGC 3.2, n° 1556; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | |Coin series reference=Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 189, n° 1085 (O37-R101); HGC 3.2, n° 1556; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | ||
|Overstruck | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck | ||
|Overstruck | |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left | |||
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | |||
|Overstruck date from=323 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=100 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
Revision as of 05:44, 25 May 2023
120 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
Maroneia on uncertain - Warsaw, NM, 154873.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Warsaw, NM, 154873 | |
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. 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: 16.1616.16 g <br />16,160 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 189, n° 1085 (O37-R101), HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1556, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left |
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: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 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: | weak |
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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.
