v57_0053 - THRACE - MARONEIA Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 350.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 605.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 350.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 605.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 120 AC.
Mint name / Town : Maronée, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, légèrement irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Très beau portrait de Dionysos, bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief. Frappe molle au revers avec un écrasement au centre sur Dionysos. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
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 : DIONUSOU // SWTHROS // MARWNITWN/ (MTRF)
Reverse translation : (Dionysos, le grand de Maronée).
Commentary
Trace de cassure de coin dans le champ du revers et de cheveux dans le champ du revers.
Trace of corner break in the reverse field and hairline in the reverse field
Trace of corner break in the reverse field and hairline in the reverse field
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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