cn coin 2286
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cn coin 2286

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CN Type 1936 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 450-430 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Mar_0064_V14 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΜΑΡ
Design
Forepart of prancing horse, left; in field, two pellets.
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Reverse
Die
Mar_0064_R18 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΘΗ
Design
Ram's head, left, within dotted square border; within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Athe- 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Standard: Thraco-Macedonian
Material
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
3.42 g
Owner

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

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: 64.1,London

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 125, nr. 64.1, pl. 4, pic. 64/1 

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 124, nr. 8 

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines 2/4 2/4, Paris 1932 p. 1442 

May, The Coinage of Maroneia c. 520-449/8 B. C., 1965 p. 53, nr. 38a, pl. 5 

Literature

Münsterberg, Die Beamtennamen auf den griechischen Münzen: geographisch und alphabetisch geordnet ; 3 Teile u. Nachtr. in e. Bd., 1973 nr. 94

Psōma et al., The coins from Maroneia and the classical city at Molyvoti: a contribution to the history of Aegean Thrace, Athens 2008 p. 166, nr. 64

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 125, nr. 64 (Thraco-macedonian standard, IIIrd weight series, 495/90-449/48 BC.) 

Psōma et al., The coins from Maroneia and the classical city at Molyvoti: a contribution to the history of Aegean Thrace, Athens 2008 p. 166 (Reduced chian standard, 450-430 BC.) 

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cn coin 2286, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2286 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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