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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 189 BC - 45 BC |
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| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Dionysos facing right, his flowing hair elaborately wreathed with a vine crown bearing bunches of grapes, ivy leaves, and a rosette blossom at the upper right. The god's idealized features are rendered in fine Hellenistic style, with a softly modeled brow, almond-shaped eye, and parted lips. Long wavy locks fall behind the neck, framed by a tendril of ivy. The flan is broad and slightly irregular, consistent with hand-struck Thracian coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Dionysos depicted standing in a three-quarter pose turned to the left, his weight distributed in a gentle contrapposto stance. In his outstretched right hand he holds a bunch of grapes, while his left hand grasps narthex stalks. A monogram appears in the inner left field and the letter Theta (Θ) in the inner right field, serving as civic or magistrate control marks. The Greek ethnic legend ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ frames the design, identifying the issuing city of Maroneia in Thrace. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ |
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