3790 - Maroneia (AE horse/grape bunches) over Dioscurias (pilei/thyrsus) (beastcoins.com)
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| ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
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Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horse prancing right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1,77",77" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | ||
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: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. > unfound |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Two pilei with stars. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΔΟΣ 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ O. D. Hoover