85 BCE - 60 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN
Overstriking coin
Maroneia on Mithridates Eupator - Callataÿ 1991.jpg
Overstruck variety
Maroneia on Mithridates Eupator - Callataÿ 1991 overstruck variety.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Platt, Spring 1981
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Wreathed head of young Dionysos right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing half-left, holding grapes and narthex stalks, monograms to inner left and right
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Maroneia
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Roman Republic
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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
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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: 16.4116.41 g <br />16,410 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head r., wearing royal diadem, hair floating
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΜΙΘΡΑ ΔΑΤΟΥ / ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (Greek) Stag grazing l., in field l., star above crescent and monogram, in field r., date and monogram, all within wreath of ivy leaves and blossoms (corymbes)
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Mint and issuing power
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.. 63 BCE
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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:
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Tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Un tétradrachme de Mithridate surfrappé à Maronée”, Numismatica e Antichità Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi, 20, p. 213-226.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
