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cn coin 12588

Connected to Type

CN Type 2246 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

189-45 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath, taenia and long curls falling down on his shoulder.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
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Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: reduced Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
32 mm
Weight
15.30 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 1966.453

Provenience: Jean et Marie Delepierre 807

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 196, nr. 1217.2, pl. 59  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 195-196, nr. 1213-1220, pl. 58-59 ❐

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cn coin 12588, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_12588 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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