cn coin 52981

Forgery

counterfeiter: Caprara

Impression in metal foil filled with wax. Is in the fogeries collection in the Berlin Coin Cabinet, there no further is information provided. This type eventually forged by Caprara and Christodoulos.

Connected to types 908 🔍

side: both
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Atelier monetar

Maroneia 🔍

Region: Thrace

Tipologie

Datare

Classical Period 🔍

Avers

Descriere

Head of Dionysus, left, wearing ivy wreath.
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Revers

Legendă

ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΗΡΟΦΙΛΟΥ

Descriere

Vine with four bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Simbol

rosette (position: on the left)

Persoană

Magistrate: Herophilos 🔍

Metrology

Nominal

tetradrachm 🔍
Standard monetar: reduced Attic

Proprietar

Unknown, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, [de] ❐

Referinţă

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 152, nr. 398.1, pl. 18, pic. 398/1 (on the original type) ❐

Kinns, The Caprara forgeries, London 1984 p. 15, nr. 6 (On the forgery.) ❐

Svorōnos, Synopsis de mille coins faux du faussaire C. Christodoulos, Athenes 1922 nr. 42, pl. B (On the forgery.) ❐

Literatură

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 (on the dating of the original type) ❐

Recomandare de citare:

cn coin 52981, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_52981 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]