cn coin 6959
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cn coin 6959

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CN Type 981 🔍

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 365-330 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Mar_0496_V38 🔍
Design
Bridled horse prancing left, loose rein passing over back and trailing below; above, owl facing, flying.
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Reverse
Die
Mar_0495_R63 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΕΠΙ Π-ΟΛΥΑ-ΡΗΤΟ-Υ
Design
Vine with three bunches of grapes within linear square; in left field, turtle; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Polyaretos (Maroneia) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
Distater 🔍  
Standard: reduced Attic
Material
Diameter
23 mm
Weight
10.93 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: 496, London

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 162, nr. 496, pl. 23, pic. 496 

o. A., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. The Lockett Collection 3/2. Sicily-Thrace (Gold and Silver), Oxford 1957 p. 23, nr. 1198 

Glendining & Co., Sammlung R. C. Lockett 2, London 1958 nr. 1958, pl. 5, pic. 1114 

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. 496

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 162-163, nr. 494-496 (Persian standard, stater, c. 386/85-348/47 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. 172f. (Reduced attic standard, distater, c. 365-330 BC.) 

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cn coin 6959, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_6959 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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