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Maroneia, tetradrachm — Nude Dionysus standing left (CN type 1865)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 189/88–49/45 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Tetradrachm in silver struck at Maroneia in Thrace, dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1865 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus with long curled hair, right, wearing ivy wreath and taenia. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears. Legend: ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.74 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 34 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the reduced Attic weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Schönert-Geiß, Griechisches Münzwerk: Die Münzprägung von Maroneia, Berlin 1987, p. 183, nr. 978, pl. 37.

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
tetradrachm
Recorded diameter
34 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
16.74 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Maroneia
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Weight standard
reduced Attic

Design

Obverse type
Head of (youthful) Dionysus with long curled hair, right, wearing ivy wreath and taenia.
Reverse type
Nude Dionysus standing left, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
Reverse legend
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks. 6 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/1865
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1865

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Varieties

  • CN type 1867

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ); dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 2114

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ); dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 2115

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ); dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 2177

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ); dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 12602

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ); dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21537

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ); dated c. 189/88–49/45 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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