Maroneia, hemidrachm (CN type 854)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-377 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracehemidrachm in silver struck at Maroneia in Thrace dated ca. 400-377 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 854. Obverse: Forepart of prancing horse, left. Reverse: Bunch of grapes on vine branch within incuse square.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 10–12.5 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.29 g (mean of 10 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 incuse square.
- Reverse legend
- ΜΑΡΩ(Ν)
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/854
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 854
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. 147-148, nr. 341-343
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 13, nr. PM35
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution