Maroneia, drachm (CN type 849)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-377 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedrachm in silver struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated ca. 400-377 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 849. Obverse: Forepart of prancing horse, left. Reverse: Bunch of grapes on vine branch within dotted incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 13.5–15 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.06 g (mean of 6 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
- Bunch of grapes on vine branch within dotted incuse square.
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/849
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 849
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. 138, nr. 173-176
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 173
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution