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cn coin 2791

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CN Type 861 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 377-365 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Mar_0257_V43 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Κ-Α
Design
Forepart of prancing horse, left.
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Reverse
Die
Mar_0256_R49 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse Μ-Α
Design
Bunch of grapes on vine branch within dotted linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Ka- 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Diameter
15 mm
Weight
2.55 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: 257,London

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 142, nr. 257, pl. 11, pic. 257 

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 127, nr. 34 

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines 2/4 2/4, Paris 1932 p. 1479 

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. 257

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 142-143, nr. 257-259 (Persian standard, triobol, c. 398/97-386/85 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. 173 (Reduced chian standard, drachm, 377-365 BC.) 

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cn coin 2791, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_2791 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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