cn type 980

Mint

Maroneia 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 365-330 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Bridled horse prancing left.
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Symbol

thunderbolt (position: above)

Reverse

Legend

ΕΠΙ ΠΑΤΡΟΚΛΕΟΣ

Design

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

Magistrate: Patrokles 🔍

Metrology

Denomination

Distater 🔍
Standard: reduced Attic

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 21 mm / Min: 20 mm

Average Weight

10.60 g (1x)

Public Commentary

Beizeichen von E. Schönert-Geiss als Blitzbündel angesprochen, eventuell auch Eule? Symbol addressed by E. Schönert-Geiss as thunderbolt, possibly also an owl?

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987 p. 162, nr. 492 (Persian standard, stater, c. 386/85-348/47 BC.) ❐

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. 172f. (Reduced attic standard, distater, c. 365-330 BC.) ❐

editions

cn.maroneia.1_ed.156 🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 980, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/980 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]