bgr_275512 - THRACE - MARONEIA Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 145.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 120 AC.
Mint name / Town : Maronée, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés, mais un peu court sur les légendes. Belle tête de Dionysos. Joli revers de style fin. Patine verte et marron
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1992
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Dionysos à droite, portant une couronne de feuilles de vigne et de lierre, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Dionysos nu, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant de la main droite, une grappe de raisin et de la gauche deux javelines ; de chaque côté un monogramme.
Reverse legend : [DIO]NUSOU // SWTHROS // MARWNITW[N]/ (RDU).
Commentary
Monogrammes inhabituels.
Historical background
THRACE - MARONEIA
(after 148 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.
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