3790 - Maroneia (AE horse/grape bunches) over Dioscurias (pilei/thyrsus) (beastcoins.com)
From SILVER
| ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
Location/history
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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
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).: 14-15"-15" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | http://www.beastcoins.com/Greek/Colchis-Dioscurias/Colchis-Dioscurias.htm | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hoover 20171Hoover 2017, 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. ᵖ: | Dioscurias | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Colchis | Modern countryModern country: Georgia | 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. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | 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: |
References
- ^ Hoover 2017
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ 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.