16707 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus) over Ilium (Athena/Athena) (Bowers Galleries, May 2023, 71027): Difference between revisions
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|Date from=85 BCE | |Date from=85 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=60 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Overstruck mint=Ilium | |Overstruck mint=Ilium | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Troas | |Overstruck ancient region=Troas | ||
|Overstruck date from= | |Overstruck date from=85 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to= | |Overstruck date to=50 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Bellinger 1961 | |Coin series reference overstruck=Bellinger 1961; Ellis-Evans 2016, pl. 44, n° 59 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
|Remarks="The noted damage is fairly minor and unintrusive, and much of the undertype's legends are visible on the reverse. An attractive piece overall" | |Remarks="The noted damage is fairly minor and unintrusive, and much of the undertype's legends are visible on the reverse. An attractive piece overall" | ||
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Revision as of 15:05, 29 May 2023
85 BCE - 60 BCE | ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ / ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 2378 Bowers.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ilion Maroneia 2378.jpg
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.. 60 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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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Schönert-Geiss 19871Schönert-Geiss 1987, 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 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: | Bellinger 19613Bellinger 1961, Ellis-Evans 20164Ellis-Evans 2016, pl. 44, n° 59 |
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" | ||
