1272 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Copenhagen, SNG Fabricius 301)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1272

95 - 70 | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Maroneia on Aesillas - SNG Fabricius 301.jpg

Overstruck variety

Maroneia on Aesillas - SNG Fabricius 301.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	SNG Fabricius 301

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.7616.76 g <br />16,760 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Fabricius 3011SNG Fabricius 301, Schönert-Geiss 19872Schönert-Geiss 1987

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

MAKEΔONΩN (Greek) Head of the deified Alexander the Great right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AESILLAS (Latin) Q Money chest, club, and chair, all within laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

Tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 2000

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ SNG Fabricius 301
^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.