cn coin 8798
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cn coin 8798

Aparține de tip

CN Type 841 🔍

Atelier monetar
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Tipologie

Datare

c. 400-377 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Avers
Descriere
Horse prancing left; above, scorpion.
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Revers
Legendă
Legendă reverse ΜΗΤΡΟΦΑΝΗΣ
Descriere
Vine with bunches of grapes within linear square, surrounded by magsitrate's name, astragalus; all within incuse square.
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Persoană

Magistrate: Metrophanes (I) 🔍  

Metrology
Nominal
distater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard monetar: reduced Chian
Material
Diametru
23.6 mm
Greutate
12.23 g
Axă
8
Proprietar

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett, Wien, at

Nr. inv. al proprietarului: GR 34982

Provenienţă: Egger 39, 1912, Taf. 5, 152; Gerasimova-Tomova 39, 33

Loc de descoperire

Thracia, gr [gr]

Comentariu public

Ob auf der Vorderseite tatsächlich ein Skorpion gezeigt ist, ist unklar. Eventuell identisch mit Typ ohne Skorpion. It is unclear whether a scorpion is actually shown on the obverse. Possibly identical to the type without a scorpion.

Referinţă

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 137, nr. 165 

West, Fifth and fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian coast West, Allen B, 1929 p. 79, nr. 58, pl. 11 

Literatură

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 137, nr. 165 (Aeginetan standard, 411/10-398/97 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. 171-173 (Reduced chian standard, 400-377 BC) 

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cn coin 8798, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8798 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/25]

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