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Coin of the Month

April 2016: CNT_5239


This year we want to show in our Coin of the Month section Thracian coins of the contributors to CNT. A lot of museums, institutions and collectors have already added their Thracian coins to CNT. Thanks to them the number of our data set entries is constantly growing. In our Collections section you may see through one click all coins of a collection you are interested in.

The Numismatic Collection of the University of Tübingen has contributed all its Thracian coins to CNT. This month we present one of their quite nice bronze coins of Maroneia. The traditional motif of the obverse of this city is the horse, which may be connected to the breeding of horses in the area of the city as well as to a cult of Poseidon in Maroneia. The reverse refers to another product of the city - the cultivation of wine. Already in the Odyssey the famous wine of Maroneia is mentioned. In the Odyssey Odysseus is plundering the city Ismaros, maybe identical with Maroneia. Maron, a priest of Apollo, presents Odysseus with a gift of wine. The wine of Maroneia was said to possess the odor of nectar. Dionysus had a sanctuary in the city of which the foundations can still be seen today. In CNT more than 700 coins of Maroneia from manifold collections are already online, so you can get a good overview on the city’s coinage by browsing around.



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