85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN
Overstriking coin
Maroneia on Tenedos - Classical Numismatic Group, 87, 18 May 2011, 257.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Maroneia on Tenedos - Classical Numismatic Group, 87, 18 May 2011, 257 overstruck variety.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, 87, 18 May 2011, 257 ! Berk, BBS 233, 30 Oct. 2025, 206
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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MacDonald coll.
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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.. 70 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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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Janiform head of a bearded male left, laureate, and female right, wearing stephanos
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TENEΔIΩN (Greek) Labrys within laurel wreath
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Tenedos
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Troas
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Host: Tenedos tetradrachm Obv. Janiform heads - left head bearded male wearing laurel wreath, right head female wearing stephane. Rx. Laurel wreath encircling double axe; above, TENEΔIΩN; in lower left field, grapes and monogram; in lower right field, symbol. F. de Callatay, "Les monnaies hellenistiques en argent de Tenedos," pp. 99-104 and pl. 24-28, in R. Ashton and S. Hurter, eds., "Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price" (London, 1998). Note: The tetradrachms of Maroneia often show slight but definite signs of overstriking, but only rarely are the host coins identifiable. The circulating areas of the tetradrachms of Thasos/Maroneia and Tenedos tetradrachms probably abutted one another, leading to the movement of some coins from each area into the other, yet it seems that the foreign coins were not a regular part of the local circulating media, hence the overstriking of each type on the other."
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References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1987), Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Griechische Münzwerk. Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 26, Berlin.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Vladimir Stolba (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1998), "Les monnaies hellénistiques en argent de Ténédos", in Georges Le Rider and Roger Bland (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 99-114, pl. 24-28.
