cn coin 2565

Connected to Type

CN Type 828 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

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_0146_R52 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ - ΠΟΣΙ-ΔΗΙ-Ο
Design
Vine with two bunches of grapes, one on each side, within linear square; in left field, two dots; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Posideios II (Maroneia) 🔍  

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

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

Owner Inventory No.: 1966.453

Provenience: Jean et Marie Delepierre 795

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: 146,Paris 795

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 135, nr. 146, pl. 8, pic. 146 

Seltman, Greek coins: A history of metallic currency and coinage down to the fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms., London: Methuen 1955 p. 144, pl. 29, pic. 1 

Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001 nr. 795 

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. 146

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 2565, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2565 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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