3790 - Maroneia (AE horse/grape bunches) over Dioscurias (pilei/thyrsus) (beastcoins.com)

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|Image overstruck variety=SO 377 - Maroneia over Dioscurias overstruck variety.jpg
 
|Image overstruck variety=SO 377 - Maroneia over Dioscurias overstruck variety.jpg
 
|Image reference overstruck variety=http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm
 
|Image reference overstruck variety=http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm
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|Sale=beastcoins.com (info DMD)
 
|Obverse description=Horse prancing right.
 
|Obverse description=Horse prancing right.
 
|Reverse legend=ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
 
|Reverse legend=ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
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|Mint=Maroneia
 
|Mint=Maroneia
 
|Ancient region=Thrace
 
|Ancient region=Thrace
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|Date from=150 BCE
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|Date to=100 BCE
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|Period=Hellenistic
 
|Metal=Bronze
 
|Metal=Bronze
 
|Weight=1.77
 
|Weight=1.77
|Diameter=14-15
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|Diameter=15
 
|Coin reference=http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm
 
|Coin reference=http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm
|Coin series reference=Hoover 2017, not this denomination
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|Coin series reference=HGC 3.2, not this denomination
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Two pilei with stars.
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Two pilei with stars.
 
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΔΟΣ
 
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΔΟΣ
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|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
 
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
 
|Level of confidence=weak
 
|Level of confidence=weak
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|Remarks="Overstruck on apparently official Colchis-Dioscurias"
 
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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3790


150 BCE - 100 BCE | ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 377 - Maroneia over Dioscurias.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
SO 377 - Maroneia over Dioscurias overstruck variety.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : beastcoins.com (info DMD)

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horse prancing right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ (Greek) 4 grape bunches within linear square.
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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.771.77 g <br />1,770 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, not this denomination

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Two pilei with stars. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΔΟΣ (Greek) Thyrsus.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Dioscurias Ancient regionAncient region.  Colchis Modern countryModern country: Georgia AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, 1021, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, 638
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: weak
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on apparently official Colchis-Dioscurias"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  3. ^  Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.