Live auction - bgr_522798 - THRACE - MARONEIA Tetrobole
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 410 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 14:08:03 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 398-387 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Maronée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Frappe de haut relief au droit, seul le T est hors champ. Très joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe avec la grappe de raisin où tous les grains sont visibles. Jolie patine grise de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
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 bouleté; dans le champ à droite, une feuille de lierre ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : M-A.
Commentary
Semble du même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du Danish National Museum (SNG. Cop. 617).
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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