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cn coin 16782

Connected to Type

CN Type 2183 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 189/188-49/45 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus with long curled hair, right, wearing ivy wreath and taenia.
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Reverse
Legend
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom left) Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: reduced Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
32.5 mm
Weight
16.42 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 128, 52

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 192, nr. 1147  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 192-193, nr. 1146-1169 ❐

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cn coin 16782, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_16782 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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