cn type 2253
cn type 2253-0
cn type 2253-1
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cn type 2253

Mint
Maroneia 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 189/88-49/45 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of (youthful) Dionysus with long curled hair, right, wearing ivy wreath and taenia.
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Reverse
Legend
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ
Design
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
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Monogram
Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom left) Monogram reverse (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: reduced Attic
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
33 mm (3x)
Average Weight
15.64 g (3x)
Axes
12 (2x)
Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 198, nr. 1249, pl. 62  ❐

editions

cn.maroneia.1_ed.318  🔍

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cn type 2253, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2253 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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