Maroneia, drachm (CN type 515)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 500-480 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedrachm in silver struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated ca. 500-480 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 515. Obverse: Forepart of prancing horse, left. Reverse: Ethnic divided in the four fields of an incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 14–15 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.57 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Forepart of prancing horse, left.
- Reverse type
- Ethnic divided in the four fields of an incuse square.
- Obverse legend
- ΜΑΡ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΙ
Identification
- Period
- Archaic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/515
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 515
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. 121, nr. 18, pl. I
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 166
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution