Maroneia
ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen ![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) Münzkabinett, Vault |
Obverse |
[Μ]ΑΡΩΝΙΤΩ[Ν]. Springendes Pferd mit losen Zügeln nach r. |
Reverse |
ΕΠΙ ΜΗ/[Τ]ΡΩΝΟΣ. Weinstock mit vier Trauben im Linienquadrat, darüber und darunter der Beamtenname. Im l. F. ein Pflug. |
Date |
ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr. Classical ![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) |
Denomination |
Stater ![NDP NDP](assets/img/icons/nd_icon.svg) StaterLiterally the resp. one unit. Hence designating the main unit within a certain currency of a Greek city or realm. The silver tetradrachm of Athens or the tridrachm of Corinth hence are also the stater within each denominational system. The main meaning though, especially in modern scholarship, is that of a denomination in gold of about 8.6 grams in the Attic standard. |
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Silver ; 10,77 g; 23 mm; 12 h |
Publications |
A. B. West, Fifth and Fourth Century Gold Coins from the Thracian Coast, ANS Numismatic Notes and Monographs 40 (1929) 143 Nr. 133 c (dieses Stück); E. Schönert-Geiss, Die Münzprägung von Maroneia (1987) 41. 163 Nr. 504,1 (dieses Stück, ca. 386/385-348/347 v. Chr.). |
Department |
Antiquity, Greek, Archaic and Classical periods |