cn coin 52970
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cn coin 52970

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counterfeiter: Die-Engraver Haskov I, Slavey?

Ilya Prokopov & Evgeni I Paunov Modern Counterfeits and Replicas of Greek and Roman Coins from Bulgaria, (=Coin Collections and Coin Hoards from Bulgaria 2), p. 11, No. 8 (Die-Engraver Haskov I, Slavey) > not these dies (obv.: distance head front leg smaller there, wheel different position; rev there smaller linear square with differently designed grapes). In the original type, the horse is not striding like here, but moving faster. In the fogeries collection in the Berlin Coin Cabinet.

Connected to types 825 🔍

  • side: both
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Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Reverse
Legend
ΜΗΤΡΟΦΩΝ
Design
Vine with bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Metrophon 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Thraco-Macedonian
Material
Owner

Provenience: Naville VI. 819

Reproduction Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, [de]

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 134, nr. 136.2 

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. 136

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cn coin 52970, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_52970 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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