16710 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 467, May 2020, 45)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16710

100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPΩΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 467, 6 May 2020, 45
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the collection of an English Queen's Counsel, purchased from B.A. Seaby (their inventory ticket included).

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE

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: 16.6316.63 g <br />16,630 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]Schönert-Geiss 1987, O19/[unlisted rev. die], "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1HGC 3.2, n° 1556

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"indications of undertype" (nb: border of dots)

References

^ 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.