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Maroneia, tetradrachm (CN type 2254)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 189/88-49/45 v. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

tetradrachm in silver struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated ca. 189/88-49/45 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2254. 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.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
tetradrachm
Recorded diameter
31 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
15.61 g (mean of 2 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
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2254
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2254

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