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Tetradrachm of Maroneia with prancing horse, struck under Deonys
Greek
Classical Period
436–435 B.C.
Mint: Thrace, Maroneia
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 14.16 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.626
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0809.
DescriptionObverse: Horse prancing to left.
Above, inscription in Greek and a kantharos.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek in outer incuse square, around inner incuse square in which is a grape vine with five bunches of grapes.
Above, inscription in Greek and a kantharos.
Reverse: Inscription in Greek in outer incuse square, around inner incuse square in which is a grape vine with five bunches of grapes.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 493); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren