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cn type 10808

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 400-377 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Horse prancing left.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΗΤΡΟΦΑΝΗΣ
Design
Vine with bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
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Symbol
cicada (position: on the left)
Persons

Magistrate: Metrophanes (I) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
distater (tetradrachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 23.6 mm / Min: 20.9 mm
Average Weight
12.84 g (2x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Citation

Lorber et al., Amphipolis: the civic coinage in silver and gold, Los Angeles 1990 p. 181  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 137, nr. 165 (Aeginetan standard, 411/10-398/97 BC. Scorpion on obvers, astragalos on reverse.)  ❐

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 ❐

editions

cn.maroneia.1_ed.87  🔍

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cn type 10808, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/10808 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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