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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Maroneia |
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| Year | 175 BC - 150 BC |
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| Weight | 16.58 g |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Dionysos facing right, crowned with a taenia and an ivy wreath; his hair is partially knotted at the nape and partially cascades down the back of his neck, evoking the god's characteristic disheveled elegance. Between the two lower ivy leaves on the taenia appears the Greek letter Μ, serving as a control mark. The portraiture is rendered in the refined Hellenistic style typical of Thracian mint production of the second century BC, with soft modeling of the facial features and naturalistic treatment of the hair. |
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| Reverse description | Nude Dionysos standing to left, his chlamys draped over his raised left arm; he holds a bunch of grapes in his extended right hand and a narthex (giant fennel) stalk in his left. To the left field, a control monogram. The encircling legend ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ — 'of Dionysos Soter of the Maronites' — runs around the design in bold Greek characters, proclaiming the civic and religious identity of the issuing city. The composition follows the well-established Maroneian iconographic tradition, presenting Dionysos as both civic deity and savior of the polis. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩΝ |
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