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v34_0090 - THRACE - MARONEIA Tetrobole

THRACE - MARONEIA Tetrobole AU
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 210.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 220.00 €
Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 398-387 AC.
Mint name / Town : Maronée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Frappe un peu molle au droit. Très joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Jolie patine grise de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Protomé de cheval à gauche.
Obverse legend : M/H/T.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cep de vigne avec grappe de raisin dans un carré linaire ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : M-A.

Commentary


Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des Médailles, E. Babelon, (Traité, pl. 343, n° 7).

Historical background


THRACE - MARONEIA

(4th century BC)

The name of Maronea, which had been colonized by inhabitants of Chios, comes from Maron, priest of Apollo who gave Ulysses the means to neutralize Polyphemus by making him drunk. Maron is also described as a son of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and drunkenness. Wine and vines were therefore important, hence the representation of Dionysos on the obverse, and the city was renowned for the quality of its wine, which is even mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey. The city itself, ancient Ortagurea, located on the northern shore of Lake Ismaris on the Sthenas River, was close to Dikaia and Abdera also located in Thrace. It received colonists from Chios around 540 BC. It lost its independence definitively when Philip II of Macedonia occupied it..

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