Maroneia, bronze (CN type 2304)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated 1. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 2304. Obverse: Head of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Nude Dionysus standing facing, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 14.5–22 mm (from 92 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.27 g (mean of 96 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
- Reverse type
- Nude Dionysus standing facing, holding bunch of grapes and two spears.
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤ(ΩΝ)
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Haskovo distr. (Хасковско)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2304
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2304
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 29, nr. PM84-86
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 209-211, nr. 1556-1639, pl. 83-86
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution