Maroneia, distater (tetradrachm) (CN type 786)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 430-400 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedistater (tetradrachm) in silver struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated ca. 430-400 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 786. Obverse: Horse prancing left. Reverse: Vine with bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- distater (tetradrachm)
- Recorded diameter
- 24–25 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.86 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Maroneia
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- reduced Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Horse prancing left.
- Reverse type
- Vine with bunches of grapes within linear square; all within incuse square.
- Obverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΕΩΝ
- Reverse legend
- ΜΗΤΡΟΔΟΤΟ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/786
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 786
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. 131, nr. 114-115
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 167
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution