31102 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O53) over Athens (Athena/owl on amphora) (Berk, BBS 233, oct. 2025, 199)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 31102

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Berk, BBS 233, 30 Oct. 2025, 199
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN (Greek) ionysos standing to front, head left, holding two narthex wands and a bunch of grapes, in left fields, monograms.

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. 85 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: 16.5516.55 g <br />16,550 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1987, p. 192-3, n° 1146-1169 (O53), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1556
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/cn.maroneia.1 ed.298

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing triple crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos and floral pattern.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

A - ΘE / ΞE (Greek) Owl standing right on amphora, head facing, all within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE

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:

"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Thompson 1961

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Host coin: Athens New Style tetradrachm, 95-89 BC Obv. Athena right, helmeted. Rx. Owl facing, standing on amphora; in left field, uncertain symbol. Visible: Top of owl's head, as well as letters A over ΞE in left field legend, Θ in upper right."

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.
^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.