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cn coin 2378

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CN Type 763 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 430-400 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Mar_0098_V11 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ-Α-ΡΩΝ
Design
Horse prancing left; above, cantharus. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Mar_0101_R15 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ Μ-ΗΤΡ-ΟΔΟ-ΤΟ
Design
Vine with five bunches of grapes, two on left, three on right, within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Metrodotos 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
distater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
Diameter
27.5 mm
Weight
14.38 g
Owner

Unknown, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: 101.3,RF

Citation

Sotheby, Sammlung Frank Sherman Benson/Brooklyn-New York, London 3. Februar 1909, London 1909-02-03 pl. 16, pic. 458 

Anson, Numismata Graeca. Greek coin-types classified for immediate identification, 6 Teile., London 1910 pl. 11, pic. 447 

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 130, nr. 101.3 

West, Fifth and fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian coast West, Allen B, 1929 p. 60, nr. 7, pl. 7 

Literature

Psōma et al., The coins from Maroneia and the classical city at Molyvoti: a contribution to the history of Aegean Thrace, Athens 2008 p. 179, nr. 101

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 129-130, nr. 93-104 (Reduced thraco-macedonian standard, 436/35-411/10 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. 167 (Reduced chian standard, 430-400 BC.) 

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cn coin 2378, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2378 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/21]

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