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cn coin 2563

Connected to Type

CN Type 828 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 430-400 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Mar_0145_V39 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Μ-ΑΡΩΝ
Design
Horse prancing left; above, crested Corinthian helmet, left. Border of dots.
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Reverse
Die
Mar_0145_R51 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ - ΠΟΣΙ-ΔΗΙ-Ο
Design
Vine with four bunches of grapes within linear square; in left field, three dots; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Posideios II (Maroneia) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
distater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 25 mm
Owner

Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, bg ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 4890

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 145.1, Sofia

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 135, nr. 145.1, pl. 8, pic. 145/1  ❐

Mušmov, Antičnitě Moneti na Balkanskija poluostrov i monetitě na bŭlgarskitě care, Sofija 1912 nr. 3933, pl. 23, pic. 2  ❐

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. 173, nr. 145 ❐

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 135, nr. 145-151 (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 2563, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2563 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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