Maroneia, Tetarte (drachm) (CN type 1297)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-350 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceTetarte (drachm) in gold struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated ca. 400-350 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 1297. Obverse: Horse prancing left. Reverse: Vine with four bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold
- Denomination
- Tetarte (drachm)
- Recorded diameter
- 12–13 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.23 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Aeginetan
Design
- Obverse type
- Horse prancing left.
- Reverse type
- Vine with four bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΕΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1297
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 1297
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 170, nr. 597
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 129, nr. 1512
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution