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Coin Type: Silver tetradrachm of Maroneia, after 148 BCE. Size and Weight: 30mm, 16.44g Obverse: Head of young Dionysos right; wreathed with ivy leaves, with ivy berry clusters at the front; band across forehead. Reverse: ΔIONYΣOΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN Dionysos, naked, standing left; chlamys draped from left arm; holding a bunch of grapes in right hand and two narthex wands angled over left shoulder. Field Marks: Two monograms, in right and left field. Provenance: ancientauctionhouse.com (eBay), December 2008 Ref: GCV 1635 BW Ref: 003 039 135 |
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